Its not terribly scary, but it does have an intriguing plot with christina ricci as the young lady trapped between life and death and whether we believe shes a spirit who cant accept shes dead or if liam neeson is the nutcase with a cover story for burying his victims alive. The strength of the film lies with liam neesons powerful performance as. Life on dvd august 3, 2010 starring christina ricci, liam neeson, justin long, josh charles. It couples that with a possibility that has chilled me ever since the day when, at far too young an age, i pulled down poe from my dads bookshelf, looked at the table of contents, and turned straight to the premature burial. Thriller drama film geregisseerd door agnieszka wojtowiczvosloo.
After a sequence of unfortunate events i developed a predilection towards seclusion and spent most of my time writing. As a lowbudget film, this is one that is very well. After a car accident, a young woman caught between life and death meets a funeral director who claims to have the gift of transitioning the dead into the afterlife. Watch after life 2009 full movie free streaming online. Il sera egalement accompagne des acteurs justin long, christina ricci et chandler canterbury.
Life 2009 starring christina ricci and liam neeson on dvd and bluray. It was the second film, after finding nemo, to be released in may. After a horrific car accident, anna christina ricci wakes up to find the local funeral director eliot deacon liam neeson preparing her. Anna christina ricci wordt wakker in een mortuarium en. Following a terrible car crash, a woman christina ricci awakes to find an enigmatic mortician liam neeson preparing her for burial. Was eliot a psycho or do corpses really get up and smash the mortuary up in a desperate attempt to escape. It is like a transcendent version of ghost, evoking the same emotions, but deserving them. The story chronicles a young woman in a transitional state between life and death who fights to avoid being buried alive and the funeral dir. Can anybody tell me if she and justin were really dead or not. If you could only pick one memory for eternity, which would it be.
Based on an odd, slightly morbid but deliriously intriguing premise, the featurelength premiere episode of the history channel series life after people supposes what would become of the planets infrastructure, natural environment and animal population if its human inhabitants were to suddenly disappear. This feature follows a group of grim reapers as they shirk their responsibilities and deal. As a lowbudget film, this is one that is very well done and should satisfy any fan of the genre. Life is a horror film involving the familiar theme of being alive when the world thinks youre dead. Aug 26, 2010 directed by agnieszka wojtowiczvosloo. Mar 02, 20 my understanding of the movie is,moral of the liam is to eliminate the people which are afraid of life and people who dont worth living life. Life is a well constructed supernatural horror film that is very original in its idea. A woman is pronounced dead after a horrific car accident. Its the kind of film that hollywood likes to remake with vulgar, paintbythenumbers sentimentality. The movie selection was completely random, and the winner was 2009s horrorthriller after.
While most of film centres around the character of anna taylor it is a wise casting choice by matthew lessall as beautiful christina ricci gives an emotional performance as a girl whos is not sure if she is dead or alive. Wikimedia commons has media related to films of the united states, 2009. Aug 31, 2009 i wrote this film after a very hard phase of my life. The funeral director is preparing her body for the funeral. After life 2019 tvma 1 season british tv comedies struggling to come to terms with his wifes death, a writer for a newspaper adopts a gruff new persona in an effort to push away those trying to help. Life focuses on a middle school teacher named anna taylor.
Watch after life 2009 full movie free streaming online tubi. After life 2019 tvma 1 season british tv comedies struggling to come to terms with his wifes death, a writer for a newspaper adopts a gruff new persona in. A young woman caught between life and death and a funeral director who appears to have the gift of transitioning the dead, but might just be intent on burying her alive. Life was originally set to begin filming back in 2007 with kate bosworth and alfred molina, but production never took shape and the project seemed to be in a state of limbo until a year later when christina ricci and liam neeson replacedem and filming finally began. I tried imdb and wikipedia and theres no real answer. American films of 2009 at imdb list of 2009 box office numberone films in the united states. Liam neeson a obtenu le role principal dans after life le film dhorreurthriller realise agnieszka wojtowiczvosloo.
Confused, terrified and feeling still very much alive, anna doesn t believe she s dead, despite the funeral director s reassurances that she is merely in transition to the afterlife. Life trailer cimu videot szerencsespenz nevu felhasznalo toltotte fel az film animacio kategoriaba. After life considers the kind of delicate material that could bedestroyed by schmaltz. He and eleven other pixar artists spent three days in venezuela gathering research and inspiration. After life is a film that urges you to reflect upon your life, the good and the bad, the happy and the sad. Distributie liam neeson, justin long, christina ricci. Knowing that his premise is supernatural and fantastical. Mar 08, 2019 after life is a study in appreciating the banality of life thats not to say its dull, though even at just six episodes, the limited series could be shorter.
Anchor bay entertainment, a division of overture films, has acquired theatrical rights for the u. It stars liam neeson, christina ricci, and justin long. On the same day, anna and her boyfriend argue in a. What about the little boy burying the chick alive in a shoebox.
The film received an rrating for the multiple nude scenes with christina ricci and was released on 9 april 2010 in a limited release. Hmm, what can i say here without giving away crucial elements of the story well, its a great film, makes for a really awesome catchup. After life, known in japan as wonderful life, wandafuru raifu, is a 1998 japanese film edited, written, and directed by hirokazu koreeda starring arata, oda erika and terajima susumu. Christina ricci, liam neeson, justin long, chandler canterbury en celia weston. The funeral director is preparing her body for the funeral when she wakes up. Net deze film gezien, spijt dat ik hem heb gekeken. Director agnieszka wojtowiczvoslos afterlife is intriguing, thought provoking and original throughout. Life is a 2009 american psychological horrorthriller film directed by agnieszka wojtowiczvosloo from her original screenplay. After a horrific car accident, anna ricci wakes up to find the local funeral director eliot deacon neeson preparing her for her funeral. Staring chandler canterbury, justin long, shuler hensley and celia weston. Confused, terrified and feeling still very much alive, anna doesnt believe shes dead, despite the funeral directors reassurances shes merely in transition to the afterlife. Aug, 2010 okay i just finished watching after life with christina ricci, liam neeson and justin long.
The stark style of filming is reminiscent of body to body 2003 aka corps a corps. After life 2009 horror, thriller, drama, mystery movie. Following a terrible car crash, a woman awakes to find an enigmatic mortician preparing her for burial. One day, she attends a funeral and meets a man named eliot deacon, who is the owner of this funeral home. Life may be imperfect, but its certainly better than most horror films that come out nowadays. With christina ricci, liam neeson, justin long, chandler canterbury. After life 1998 in this acclaimed japanese film, a group of people who have recently died find themselves in a limbo realm resembling a relatively mundane building. Life after death is a fun and entertaining film, even though it has problems delivering something fresh and new. Docter began working on the story in 2004, which was based on fantasies of escaping from life when it becomes too irritating.
169 925 49 651 178 1306 1303 41 321 557 1386 760 1424 825 355 303 957 552 1291 865 1520 531 505 30 1278 1638 895 346 316 433 1545 1424 1215 483 158 682 657 1322 155 1226 1443