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Right before old Larry (Barry Primus) kicks the bucket, he\u2019s squabbling with his wife Joan (Betty Buckley) on their way to a baby shower \u2014 where he meets his untimely end choking on a pretzel. Soon, he wakes up in the afterlife as his younger self (Miles Teller) in the Junction, a halfway point between life and an eternity of your choosing. Freyne and co-writer Patrick Cunnane revel in the world-building possibilities: the Junction has the appearance of both a bustling train station and a corporate conference, where vendors set up shop to market their eternities. There\u2019s Beach World, Marxist World, and \u2014 the best joke \u2014 Man-Free World, which is at capacity. Despite the sumptuous production design, the Junction feels like a theatrical purgatory, with everything artificial down to the printed drapes that mimic the non-existent sky.<\/p>\n
The joy of Eternity is the journey towards its inevitable destination.<\/p>\n
A week later, Joan (Elizabeth Olsen) also passes away following a battle with cancer. Larry is more than ready to spend forever with his wife, tanning on sandy beaches \u2014 but Joan\u2019s dashing first husband Luke (Callum Turner) has also been waiting for her. He died at war just two years into their marriage, and has been biding his time in the hopes of reuniting with her. But Joan can only choose one husband. Luke is classic Hollywood handsome and hopelessly romantic; Larry, meanwhile, has decades of marriage on his side. It\u2019s a question of experience versus potential, which Freyne pores over with a balance of sincerity and heightened humour. \u201cI don\u2019t know how you compete with a memory,\u201d Larry admits, in one of the many sharp observations.<\/p>\n