Published: December 8, 2025
Eternity is a film I’ve been very excited to see since seeing the initial trailer, as I found the film’s concept to be awfully intriguing. Joan (Elizabeth Olsen), a recently deceased woman, is faced with the impossible choice of spending eternity with either her husband of 65 years, Larry (Miles Teller), or her first love, Luke (Callum Turner), who died in the Korean War and has waited 67 years for her in the afterlife. We also can’t forget John Early and Academy Award Winner Da’Vine Joy Randolph, who are both hilarious in this film as afterlife tour guides. With great scenic design and overall aesthetics, mixed with genuinely funny moments and real thought-provoking questions about love and life, Eternity is one of the best films of 2025.
First of all, I just have to say it is so good to see Elizabeth Olsen back on the big screen. And she has such wonderful chemistry with both her co-stars in the film. Miles Teller as Larry is our perspective character, starting off the film and introducing us to these eternity concepts through his eyes, so of course we have a bit of bias towards him. But Callum Turner’s Luke is just so damn charming. You can’t argue with a man who waited 67 years for you. Although Larry is, of course, the one who spent 65 years married to Joan with not only kids and grandkids, but even great-grand-kids. I even love that throughout the film, you can tell they’ve been married for so long just based on the way they argue with each other. But did Joan marry him just two years after Luke’s death out of convenience? Why did she really fall in love with him? There are so many questions that need to be asked in this situation, and Joan now has to rethink her whole life and what she really wants. She certainly can’t have both men…I know I wouldn’t want to be either guy in that situation. So, who do you choose to spend eternity with? This, maybe from her perspective, stale marriage of 65 years, or a fiery honeymoon-phase kind of love that she never got to fully experience?
The afterlife is a concept that’s been presented in a variety of ways throughout cinema, but this one is really fun and blends well with the story at hand, while still being playful. Because, sure, you need to figure out who to spend eternity with, but also where to spend eternity. Will you go to Cowboy World? Food World? Smoking World? There are even “Sold Out” and “Discontinued” eternities no longer available. First come, first served, I suppose! I think my favorite part is the Archive Tunnels, which are available in every eternity, and allow you to walk through a museum of your memories and relive moments from the past.
The ending of this movie is really great (Sort-of). I like the choice that was made in the end and how we got there thematically, but the physical journey from that final decision to how it’s finally reached is where the runtime starts to feel long, and the tone actually completely shifts for about five minutes. But then, we get back to normal and end the film in what I think is the perfect way. This is one of those films that will leave you thinking when you leave the theater. There will be thoughts of what it will be like when you die, and guilt for who you leave behind, but also who you may find in the afterlife and how you want to spend your eternity. After all, you can only have one eternity. Walking out of the theater, I was left with this sadness within me alongside so many other emotions, but mostly I found myself feeling an appreciation for life and for love.
Eternity is now playing only in theaters.
