On Canada Day, this movie appeared on Bravo. Written and directed by Albert Brooks, ‘Defending your life’
sports Meryll Streep and Lee Grant. This film is labelled
comedy/tragedy and tells the story of afterlife
and where your next life is going to be and how it’s going to
be: apparantly people who don’t fear or did more for
charities, are offered a better life in ‘Judgement city’ before
continuing their next life. There are some good scenes in the
movie, and Lee Grant does a pretty good job in her role as a prosecutor
(is she taking off on the McCarthy era, when she was blacklisted
because she refused to testify against her husband?).
However, despite the interesting storyline, the movie drowns in the romance and the happy end.
Which is a bit too bad. Don’t see this movie when it’s hot and dampy
out. And make sure you have some gumdrops to distract you. Or a dog.