Overview
- Critics highlight Elizabeth Olsen and Miles Teller as standouts, with Callum Turner completing the central triangle in an inventive afterlife setting.
- The story places Joan in the Junction, a way station where the newly deceased return to their happiest age and must choose a permanent eternity from themed worlds.
- Reviewers applaud colorful production design and playful worldbuilding, singling out Da’Vine Joy Randolph and John Early as memorable guides.
- Several outlets cite shortcomings such as thin romantic chemistry, tonal unevenness, and rule-bending plot turns, even as others label the film a charming throwback.
- Directed by David Freyne from a script developed with Pat Cunnane, the release has drawn early notices from AP, Rolling Stone, JoBlo, the Boston Globe, the San Francisco Chronicle, and The Globe and Mail.