I've been taking my chances with the Monday Mystery Movie at my local Marcus theater for some of the new movies in 2025, and it's paid off pretty much every time. In the case of earlier this month's screening, I got to see Eternity, the rom-com fantasy movie from David Freyne, which stars Miles Teller, Elizabeth Olsen and Callum Turner. The story about what happens in the afterlife, or more specifically, what's sort of a waiting room for the afterlife, had me flashing back to another great romantic comedy fantasy. I'm talking about Defending Your Life, a '90s movie that really doesn't get talked about enough.
In Eternity, Elizabeth Olsen's Joan lives a long life, and when she dies, she reconnects with her first husband, Luke (Callum Turner), as well as her recently deceased second husband, Larry (Miles Teller). As you can imagine, a bit of a love triangle forms as Joan has to decide if she wants to spend eternity with Luke, who died young (in the Korean War), or Larry, the man she was married to for decades.
