Eternity (2025) Reviews & Ratings

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

Eternity reviews

Eternity holds a 7.1/10 average from 887 TMDB ratings.

Life can sometimes present us with hard choices. However, according to the latest feature from writer-director David Freyne, death can hand us some even bigger ones. That’s the dilemma posed to Joan Cutler (Elizabeth Olsen), who passes away after a long and happy life. But, once in the afterlife, she faces a task that’s not at all what she expected, given the unforeseen nature of what eternity turns out to be. It tu…
— Brent Marchant (8/10)

The ailing “Joan” (Betty Buckley) and her husband “Larry” (Barry Primus) have been married for sixty-odd years and have become a typically cantankerous couple. They are going to their grandchild's gender reveal party where he helps himself to one pretzel too many and ends up beating his wife up the heavenly escalator. Everyone in God’s waiting room arrives at the age at which they were their happiest, and so now “La…
— CinemaSerf (7/10)

Enjoyed the premise. There are some great jokes, but they're sporadic. The two AC's steal every scene they're in. Overall, it was just 'meh'.
— rssp55 (6/10)

In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with and her first love, who died young and has waited decades for her to arrive.

Movies like Eternity

If you enjoyed Eternity, these movies have a similar feel:

• Catch and Release (2006)
• What Dreams May Come (1998)
• Which Brings Me to You (2023)
• The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
• The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
• Author! Author! (1982)
• Our Souls at Night (2017)
• A Man Called Otto (2022)
• Jane Eyre (2011)
• Sometimes I Think About Dying (2024)
• Evening (2007)
• City of Angels (1998)

Can't decide what to watch?

FlickPicker recommends movies from your own taste and the services you subscribe to, and Pick Together lets a whole group vote on tonight's pick. Try the free random movie generator, find movies with AI, or browse trending movies.

Download FlickPicker on the App Store   Explore the iPhone app