Rating: /5
Couldn’t sleep so I put on this wild-ass movie
For the first half, I thought it was a warm and sentimental story of three lonely old men on Christmas who find a way to feed and care for some strangers
Then these guys die in a plane crash and become ghosts
The first guy, Allan, argues in favor of the English colonizing Australia and “redeeming” it, and seems to have some shady past that would cause his friends to avoid him… He dreams of a heaven where he’s back in his war regiment, and then his dead son shows up and takes him there
The second, George, refuses to apologize for his past crimes and so a vague thunderstorm of judgement comes and summons him
The third, Michael, forgoes his call to heaven so he can help a boy get out of a toxic relationship. When the boy and his no-good lover are both shot and killed by a jealous ex, the boy — now also a ghost — is consoled by Michael
Then God comes back for Michael because Michael’s mother wouldn’t stop haranguing God to let him in. Michael begs God to let the boy live, and so he does
The lover? She “had no soul to go on with” so presumably faded into the ether
Finally, George comes back, having paid for his crimes and he and Michael walk off into the glowing light of heaven
Watching this movie is my new Christmas tradition