Matt Damon is hot.
Just thought I'd get that out of the way, because I shan't be quite so kind for the rest of the movie revue.
First off, it really seems like interwoven multiplot movies are really hit (Amores Perros) or miss (Babel) and, frankly, I'm being generous with using the term "interwoven" considering the three vignettes spend 95% of their time completely separate from one another, before accidentally converging on the city of London. The "common thread" is that the three main characters (Damon, Cécile de France, and a young British boy whose twin brother is killed) all have some experience or interest in "the hereafter".
The larger problem is that none of the three individual stories are really that interesting, on their own (the British twins one was the one I liked the most, and even that began to lag) so that by the time they are combined, there's no sense of wanting to really see where it leads. You already know that these characters are going to meet, or be in the same place, or something like that, because how else is the movie going to "work". God forbid it break away from formula. And when the inevitable does happen, it's very much a "okay, we're done now" moment. Yawn.
Score: 3.5/10
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