HereafterThe latest film industry attempt to portray the subject of life beyond death as viewed from the perspective of a near-death experience and mediumistic communications with the deceased falls short in terms of contemporary research on these topics but has teased public attention to at least take another look.

For those with more than a superficial awareness of the research on NDEs and / or medium readings (in a controlled study environment), this movie can be an opportunity to get together with others after watching the film to discuss the details and explore viewpoints. 

The acting is reasonable and the three segmented story-lines are suitably entertaining to make the movie worth watching even while overlooking the somewhat contrived ending.