Here After

So in reading the reviews of this movie, I feel it is getting judged quite unfairly. It was acted beautifully, directed beautifully, and the story is quite engaging. That is, assuming you go in expecting it to be a beautifully acted, directed, and written drama about the disturbing struggles of a mother and family, and the puzzling nature of those struggles. Seems that plenty of spoilers have already been revealed, but I just wanted to say that you should indeed see this movie if you go in expecting that type of movie. I agree with other reviewers who were disappointed in the horror aspect of the film, but to be honest I never went in expecting it to be a horror movie. I can see how some of the marketing may give that impression, and it really isn't supposed to be a horrific film in my opinion. Dramatic and mysterious yes, but as a fan of horror I wouldn't look to Here After to scratch that sort of itch. I think many who would love this movie and who, like my wife, are not horror fans should see it. She loved it as well. I give the film a solid 9, but its perplexing and IMO somewhat off-base marketing, well not a 9.

1. Don't see this. I think someone wrote an OK script, then someone from hollywood, rewrote it to add all the clips you see in the trailer. Sadly this destroyed the movie. No direction, except the dumb use of tilted shots - why and when. During the last 45 mins, I found myself listing failures, acting, directing. Tommaso Basili has his head in hands and I swear, you can see him thinking, why did I take this role??? So the story, plausible, but so much useless information was added, scenes that set up nothing an informed no one of anything - just pointless. The real crac: it takes 60 mins to get to the story. Then 30 to setup and 5 to finish. All the wrong way round. Was this a thriller or a horror? Make up was laughable - demons and monsters and religion. Poor rehash of old material and the co-stars were left with rubbish lines and missed opportunities. I learned nothing new except that random use of angled camera shot annoys everyone - saved gimmicks for meaningful story events.

The concept seemed good. A girl dies, reawakens inexplicably, and then behaves as if possessed by an evil entity. It's a basic plot, but I figured I'd be in for at least a C+ horror. The lead actress seems OK, and I guess the Italy setting seemed to mix with the religious theme I just feel that the movie fails to execute. Instead of fully focusing on the girl and what's wrong with her, we get all these annoying and boring flashbacks involving the mother (they keep going back to some scratches on her arm too). At one point, she meets an individual who describes how he's seen people who came back from the dead, just as the girl did; and the movie just fails so badly in this scene. What should have been a scary exposition comes off as normal and mundane for some reason. Basically - my feedback is that movie should've focused more on the girl, not the mother and her past.

Let me start off by saying that if you're looking for horror, scares or things that go bump in the night, look elsewhere because this is not a horror, nor thriller nor anything remotely close to anything in the horror genre. It's a heartfelt suspense drama about a mother's guilt that haunts her from losing one of her twin daughter's when then child was very young. And from the traumatic experience of losing her twin sister when she was just a child, the now older living twin daughter lost her ability to speak (another review says the living twin suffers from being deaf) but the traumatic experience only caused her to stop speaking, her hearing is perfectly fine. But the living twin suffers and incident that causes her to be die for about twenty minutes, she comes back to life, is now able to speak again but as the story progresses, the mother realizes that something is seriously off about her daughter. The story climaxes with the mother taking matters into her own hands, with the admitting of her past guilts, only to be resolved via the afterlife. Once she's there, forgiveness and healing prevails and the living twin is all better and back to normal. A story with the somewhat vibes from the film with the late Robin Williams, What Dreams May Come. A much better film by the way. But overall, Here After is meh decent but ultimately a forgettable one time watch.

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Let me start off by saying that if you're looking for horror, scares or things that go bump in the night, look elsewhere because this is not a horror, nor thriller nor anything remotely close to anything in the horror genre. It's a heartfelt suspense drama about a mother's guilt that haunts her from losing one of her twin daughter's when then child was very young. And from the traumatic experience of losing her twin sister when she was just a child, the now older living twin daughter lost her ability to speak (another review says the living twin suffers from being deaf) but the traumatic experience only caused her to stop speaking, her hearing is perfectly fine. But the living twin suffers and incident that causes her to be die for about twenty minutes, she comes back to life, is now able to speak again but as the story progresses, the mother realizes that something is seriously off about her daughter. The story climaxes with the mother taking matters into her own hands, with the admitting of her past guilts, only to be resolved via the afterlife. Once she's there, forgiveness and healing prevails and the living twin is all better and back to normal. A story with the somewhat vibes from the film with the late Robin William's, What Dreams May Come. A much better film by the way. But overall, Here After is meh decent but ultimately a forgettable one time watch.

This movie opens up about a deaf child trying to have a normal life like the rest of us. But what we do get is a deaf child actress who can play a piano, looks away from other actors in scenes when they are interacting plus she goes to a normal school not a deaf school. The character gets injured obvioulsy riding a bike on a main road obviously because she can't hear traffic so it beggars belief that any parent would allow their deaf child to do so but hey this is a movie right? Basically the character comes back from the dead because after 20 min of no oxygene to the brain she should be a vegetable right? The film is frustrating to watch due to the common inaccuracies of someone portraying a deaf character. Strangely after the accident she can now hear and talk because a good serious accident can cure deafness problems right? As for the horror it was mediocre at best and there was nothing suspensful with regards to the direction of the movie. Its the usual Catholic religion in a Catholic country where religion is used as an example off fighting evil. By the way the young girls piano playing gets worst if that makes any difference and she also has a morbid outlook like you do by knocking off birds with your bare hands. I gave this film 1/10 due to the stupidity of getting a deaf character so wrong it beggars belief.

Greetings again from the darkness. Screenwriter Sarah Conradt must think mothers possess superhero emotional strength, if we are to judge by her two most recent films - this one and MOTHER'S INSTINCT (also 2024). In this feature film directorial debut from long-time producer Robert Salerno, the mom is really put through the ringer - and we are right there with her. Claire (Connie Britton, "Nashville", FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, 2004) beams proudly as her fifteen-year-old daughter, Robin (Freya Hannan-Mills), plays piano in church. Claire also rolls her eyes when her ex-husband/Robin's dad (Giovanni Cirfiera) walks in as the performance nears conclusion. We learn Robin has been non-verbal since age 5, yet she's a talented enough pianist to be invited to audition for conservatory. Claire and Robin have a loving mother-daughter relationship, although Claire seems a bit overprotective at times. Things turn bonkers when Robin is involved in a horrible bicycle accident and is dead for 20 minutes before being miraculously resuscitated at the hospital. Claire is relieved her prayers were answered, however, as so often happens with 'miracles', there's a catch. See, Robin can now speak. Only that's not the catch. Claire begins to notice Robin's personality is nothing like it was before the accident. Is this due to the trauma or something more sinister from beyond? I believe the film's title provides a clue. Religion is on display throughout the film and in many forms. Also on display is Connie Britton's RWF (in contrast to RBF). Ms. Britton excels at a constantly 'worried' look, and is well cast to play the mother role in a film written by Sarah Conradt. Of course, we do discover why Claire has been carrying around all this guilt. It's also the reason why Robin initially stopped talking at an early age. The final act works off of a tremendously interesting premise, and some will find the execution a bit too artsy for this type of movie, while others will appreciate the approach. Opening in select theaters and on digital September 13, 2024.