I’m catching up on watching a lot of movies that came out towards the end of 2025 and earlier this week I decided while re-couping I’d check out a film called Eternity. Let me start with something important if you’re coming here with expectations about faith or theology:

Eternity is not a Christian movie.
It is not biblically accurate.
And it doesn’t try to be.

Now that I’ve said that, let me also say this:

I absolutely enjoyed it. I thought it was cute.

The 2025 film Eternity, directed by David Freyne and starring Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller, and Callum Turner, is one of those unexpected cinematic experiences that manages to be funny, tender, imaginative, and emotionally resonant all at once. I walked out of the theater thinking about it, not because I agreed with everything it presented, but because it made me reflect on love, memory, choice, and the meaning of a life well lived in a way I didn’t see coming.

So, What Is Eternity, Really?

Eternity is a whimsical romantic fantasy comedy about life after death, but not in a theological sense. The story follows Joan (Elizabeth Olsen) who, after dying shortly after her husband Larry (Miles Teller), wakes up in a liminal afterlife space where souls have one week to decide where, and with whom, they’ll spend eternity.

Here’s the catch: waiting for her is not only Larry, the man she shared her life with, but also Luke (Callum Turner), her first love, who died young and has been waiting for her for decades. The emotional dilemma: Does she stay with the long life she had or the youthful love she lost too soon? is the emotional heart of the film.

A quirky ensemble, including Da’Vine Joy Randolph, John Early, and Olga Merediz, rounds out the cast with fun, endearing support roles that keep the humor lively and the world delightful.

Yes, the Afterlife Is Creative, Not Scriptural

I need to be honest: this afterlife is invented. It’s a narrative space, part fantasy hotel, part train station, part vibes, and it is not a biblically grounded portrayal of eternity. If you’re looking for doctrinal exposition, this film won’t give it to you. Instead, it plays with symbols, metaphors, and emotional logic to explore what love and meaning might feel like if we had to reckon with them forever.

For me, the charm of Eternity was never that it knew the truth about eternity, it was that it invited me to think about what I value now, in this life. And sometimes, that kind of reflective space is rare in movies.

Why Eternity Worked for Me, Even with Its Wild Premise

🥰 The Cast Makes the Story Feel Real

Elizabeth Olsen brings such grounding emotional nuance to Joan that I felt her internal conflict, not because it was intellectually persuasive, but because it was emotionally true. She’s caught between the familiarity of a long life with Larry and the unfulfilled dream of a first love taken too soon, and you feel that tension.

Miles Teller’s Larry is warm and grounded, a character you genuinely care about because he feels like a real human with real tenderness, not a caricature. And Callum Turner’s Luke has this wistful, soul-deep longing that makes his presence both bittersweet and magnetic.

The chemistry among them, and with the supporting cast like Da’Vine Joy Randolph as Anna and John Early as Ryan, keeps the story grounded even when the concept gets fanciful.

It’s Funny, Imaginative, and Heartfelt, But Not Perfect

Just like with any movie that leans into both whimsy and heart, not every joke lands and not every mystery is fully resolved. Some moments feel a little meandering, the pacing dips here and there, and the afterlife world, imaginative as it is, doesn’t always hold up to scrutiny if you start asking how it works.

But here’s the thing: that felt intentional. The film isn’t trying to explain permanence, it’s trying to help you feel it. And sometimes, that emotional resonance is more interesting than strict logic.

The Big Takeaway for Me

Eternity isn’t preaching. It isn’t teaching doctrine. It isn’t trying to lay out a theological ladder to climb into heaven.

Instead, it says something more subtle:

The choices we make, the people we love, and the moments we hold onto, those are the things that shape us.

Even if you don’t believe in an afterlife like the one shown here, the movie makes you consider what matters most while you are alive. And that’s a powerful thing for any story to accomplish.

So, here’s my honest conclusion:

• Eternity is not a Christian or biblically accurate film, and that’s okay.
• It’s a romantic fantasy comedy with deep emotional themes.
• It’s funny, thoughtful, and moving.
• And above all, it got me thinking, about love, about choice, and about how we live now.

I turned off my TV smiling, thinking, “This felt like a story about life more than about forever.”

That alone makes it one of my favorites of the year.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – Really enjoyed it.