Movie · 2025 · Romance, Comedy, Drama · 1h 54m · PG-13 · English
Curator score: 5.5/10 (854.5K ratings)
You can only choose one.
Overview
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.
Ratings
Curator score: 5.5/10
IMDb: 6.9/10
Letterboxd: 3.70/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 76%
Metacritic: 58
TMDB: 7.1/10
Director
David Freyne
Production
A24, Star Thrower Entertainment
Cast
Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller, Callum Turner, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, John Early, Barry Primus, Betty Buckley, Darryl Scheelar, Danny Mac, Damon Johnson, Lucy Turnbull, Christie Burke, Sebastian Billingsley-Rodriguez, Patrick Freyne, Angela Galanopoulos, Bianca Foscht, Brett Willis, Carson Bokenfohr, Meg Roe, Taliya Evans
Where to watch
Apple TV Plus
Curator Review
Verdict
A breezy, high-concept romantic comedy-drama with a sharp afterlife premise and a crowd-pleasing emotional dilemma. It sounds especially appealing if you like love-triangle stories that lean playful, bittersweet, and a little absurd rather than purely sentimental.
Best for
fans of romantic comedies with a metaphysical twist
viewers who enjoy love triangles and emotional debate
people who like afterlife settings used for relationship comedy
audiences looking for a lighter, modern tearjerker
Skip if
you want a purely serious drama
you dislike contrived premise-driven romance
you prefer action or plot-heavy genre films
you are tired of love-triangle stories
Overview
Eternity takes a very familiar romantic dilemma and gives it a clean, high-concept hook: what if the afterlife forced you to choose not just between two people, but between the life you built and the life you might have had? That setup gives the film a built-in mix of comedy, longing, and existential pressure, which is usually a strong recipe when handled with enough wit.
Worth noting
The response suggests a movie that is playful about its premise without losing sight of the emotional stakes. The tone appears to sit somewhere between romantic fantasy and relationship comedy, with enough visual style and tonal confidence to make the afterlife feel less solemn than whimsical, more like a pressure cooker for unresolved feelings.
Bottom line
It should work best for viewers who like their romance a little messy and their sentimentality undercut by humor. If you want a polished, accessible date-movie with a clever hook and a genuine emotional question at its center, this looks like a solid pick.
Top Letterboxd reviews
nathan (4★) · 37948 likes
where is luca guadagnino he would've had those boys kissing each other in the first 20 minutes
aurora ꨄ (3.5★) · 32112 likes
hell for people who can't even pick a restaurant
ireneboby (4.5★) · 28321 likes
this movie is the cure to the great muted colour grading crisis of cinema
haley (4★) · 19723 likes
anyone who thinks the right choice is spending eternity with her first love over the man she spent her last SIXTY FIVE years with is truly insane
timtamtitus (4.5★) · 17248 likes
imagine you die and instead of eternal peace, you get stuck in a love triangle. I'd say this is the bad place
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