“Hereafter” disappoints on so many levels; it’s boring, it’s obnoxious and it’s not enjoyable. It’s another one of those films where people are linked together via some disaster or tragedy and I normally can’t stand that kind of movie as they tend to forget how important the script, the dialog and the character development is and try and develop everything as one big thing.

In “Hereafter”, three people, a psychic American man named George (Matt Damon “Green Zone”), a French journalist named Marie (Cécile De France “Switchblade Romance”) and an English schoolboy named Marcus are linked because of death. George sees people’s losses when he touches them, Marie had a near death experience and Marcus has just lost his brother.

The characters are bland as it feels none of them are especially well developed as the film flickers from one to the next every now and then and none of them seem particularly interesting anyway. Matt Damon is a great actor in my opinion but why does he constantly play the bland roles? Marcus is boring and feels very wet. Marie is okay and is probably the most interesting out of the three. Everyone else is pretty disappointing.

“Hereafter” could have been great but it just leaves important parts of movies behind such as dialog and character development. The first scene, which features a tsunami, doesn’t feature even the dullest aspects of suspense and it just ploughs through obnoxiously and forgets what an audience is looking for. At times the movie is depressing but that’s because the actors don’t convey their character’s emotions well and it makes it very boring when it should be an emotional experience. While I have seen far worse “Hereafter” is a massive misfire by director Clint Eastwood (“Million Dollar Baby”) and it results in an incredibly bland film that I recommend you miss.