THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS.

My Thanksgiving Break has become surprisingly full with travel and weddings and dinners, so I’m having to puzzle together all of these movies I want to see as well. Eternity was one that I was plenty interested but Morgan wasn’t, so today—when Morgan’s out shopping in Fredericksburg—was the perfect day to go see it. Predictably, it crushed.

What interested me most about Eternity when I first heard about it was its premise. As a big fan of The Good Place, I love a story about the afterlife, and the story in Eternity was particularly powerful. Not only was its world-building great—and what a fun aesthetic to pick for the afterlife—but the story didn’t take any easy ways out when it came to Joan’s decision. I had a hard time coming up with how this movie would end myself, but I thought the ending of the film, and how it justified each of Joan’s decisions, was fantastic. I had also been Team Larry from the start, so I’m glad it worked out for them.

Each of the lead performances were great, too, and the dynamics between Elizabeth Olsen, Callum Turner, and Miles Teller were equally emotional and hilarious. Easily the most hilarious character, though, was Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s Anna. I loved Randolph in The Holdovers, and this was a completely different role she was playing, but she was so dang funny! Every line, from the hummus to “it was sexual” had both Abby and I rolling. Randolph should totally do more comedy, because she’s got the chops.

I know I mentioned it already, but the film’s final act was very striking and touching. What impressed me most was the justification for each decision. Joan was right to want to find something new in the afterlife; Larry was right that Joan was happiest with Luke; Joan was right to return to Larry because their love was tried and true and knew how to endure; and Larry was right to stay at the bar waiting for her (or, as I thought in my reasoning for him picking that job, to wait for his kids). In such a tough situation, all of these decisions were right in some way, but Joan and Larry still landed on the right one. Poor Luke, though.

Eternity didn’t surprise me with its profundity or impact—I saw that coming from the first trailer—but I’m really glad that, with such an ambitious premise, it didn’t fumble the bag. Eternity delivered on many fronts, from the design of the afterlife to the performances and the story’s biggest moments, and I think I’m most proud that I finally took Abby to a movie that she gave 5 stars. Five whole stars!