Clint Eastwood and Matt Damon have teamed up again (after last year's 'Rugby helps soothe the wounds of Apartheid' film Invictus), this time for a movie that asks "What happens to us when we die?"

The plot? Three characters are haunted by questions of life and death. Matt Damon is a man gifted (or is it cursed?) with the ability to see people in the afterlife but who just wishes for quiet and normalcy. Cecile de France plays a Frenchwoman who has money, a great career and a loving beau, but questions life...and afterlife...when she barely survives a natural disaster. And a young British schoolboy searches for answers when he loses the person closest to him.

The story begins with a jaw-dropping look inside a tsunami then settles into a slower pace as it follows these three characters. And this film is taking hits right and left from critics who say it's not urgent enough, that there's not enough action, that the ending is a bit too forced/manufactured/unrealistic. I can understand those comments to a degree, but, not every film needs a gunfight or car chase or sex scene or huge knock-down-drag-out argument. This is a quieter tale, a story about characters looking for peace, for rest, for comfort. Maybe that's not everyone's cup of tea, and I will admit to squirming in my seat at times, wanting things to move forward just a teensy bit faster, but I appreciate what Eastwood is exploring in this film. He's not trying to give black and white answers; he's just giving us food for thought. And I appreciated his efforts.

Did I think the pace was a little lethargic? Yes. Did I think the way the script brought the main characters together at the end was a bit contrived? Sure. Am I still glad I saw it? Yes.