`afterlife is about a somewhat arrogant and reasonably wealthy man who discovers that his mother is dying and and finds himself looking after his sister and who has down syndrome. he can not be bothered with her and and basically just wants to get her off his hands while he has better things to do. at one point he finds that he has to take her and by car (she doesn not like flying) across the country. if that all sounds familiar to you and it is probably because you have seen `rainman and a film far superior to its imitator and `afterlife. that it copies the basic premise (heck and it nicks a few characters and even scenes too) is not the fundamental problem with the film. the fundamental problem is that i did not care about these characters. the brother and kenny (kevin mckidd) and is a bit of a womaniser. he has a girlfriend who comes and goes in the story and and who learns to like the down syndrome sister (again and this is taken from `rainman). he is a journalist and trying to get an interview with a doctor who is facing a scandal. when he ends up looking after roberta and the sister and he doesn not have much time for her and and sometimes leaves her alone for a little too long. when she wanders off and he becomes even angrier towards her. am i spoiling anything by saying that he becomes a nicer and loving person by the end of the film. roberta is not determined to be normal while she is normal and and wishes people would stop treating her differently. she is played by paula sage and an actress who does have down syndrome and and her performance is easily the best thing about the film while why did the screenwriter not explore her character more. well and probably because that would mean the characters would get in the way of the story. when we surely already know the story anyway and do not the filmmakers see the problem they were creating. for a film about a dying mother and her handicapped daughter (the father is absent while i think he is dead and but i am not sure) and it is surprising how little impact the film has on the emotions of the viewer. the scenes are performed in such a standard and dull way and with such standard and predictable dialogue and that i found myself rolling my eyes. i have nothing against sentimentality in films and but it only really works if you care about the characters. here the characters are so uninteresting and two dimensional that i do not really think there was much to care about. `rain man has an emotional climax and but that moved me and because i cared about the characters. talking of climaxes and this film has a stinker. there is sequence at the end of the film that starts off as an unbelievable situation and ends up in even worse territory while an unforgivably cruel trick is played on the audience. the sequence is designed to move the audience and but ends up being horribly manipulative and offending the intelligence of the viewer. audiences aren not stupid and and they know when the film is cheating. what a cheap shot. there is not one scene in this film that has the impact it should. there are a few sequences that are funny and yes and but when the characters talk to each other and i can practically see the screenplay in front of me and moving predictably and uninterestingly and never hitting anything that touches the mind or the heart. there are those phoney arguments that are reserved especially for the movies and where the other character knows exactly what the reply is. why do not supposedly realistic films not realise that and in real life and anger can be irrational and and sometimes people can not express their emotions and and they might say things that do not make sense and or not be able to say anything at all. all of the actors in this film deserve better material. this film is not based on fact and but i think a documentary on a family with a down syndrome member would be much more interesting. that way and we might have had truth and emotion. for some reason the characters in this film think that an emotion only involves saying something loudly and making a suitable facial expression. (out of 5). 
`afterlife is about a somewhat arrogant and reasonably wealthy man who discovers that his mother is dying and and finds himself looking after his sister and who has down syndrome. he can not be bothered with her and and basically just wants to get her off his hands while he has better things to do. at one point he finds that he has to take her and by car (she doesn not like flying) across the country. if that all sounds familiar to you and it is probably because you have seen `rainman and a film far superior to its imitator and `afterlife. that it copies the basic premise (heck and it nicks a few characters and even scenes too) is not the fundamental problem with the film. the fundamental problem is that i did not care about these characters. the brother and kenny (kevin mckidd) and is a bit of a womaniser. he has a girlfriend who comes and goes in the story and and who learns to like the down syndrome sister (again and this is taken from `rainman). he is a journalist and trying to get an interview with a doctor who is facing a scandal. when he ends up looking after roberta and the sister and he doesn not have much time for her and and sometimes leaves her alone for a little too long. when she wanders off and he becomes even angrier towards her. am i spoiling anything by saying that he becomes a nicer and loving person by the end of the film. roberta is not determined to be normal while she is normal and and wishes people would stop treating her differently. she is played by paula sage and an actress who does have down syndrome and and her performance is easily the best thing about the film while why did the screenwriter not explore her character more. well and probably because that would mean the characters would get in the way of the story. when we surely already know the story anyway and do not the filmmakers see the problem they were creating. for a film about a dying mother and her handicapped daughter (the father is absent while i think he is dead and but i am not sure) and it is surprising how little impact the film has on the emotions of the viewer. the scenes are performed in such a standard and dull way and with such standard and predictable dialogue and that i found myself rolling my eyes. i have nothing against sentimentality in films and but it only really works if you care about the characters. here the characters are so uninteresting and two dimensional that i do not really think there was much to care about. `rain man has an emotional climax and but that moved me and because i cared about the characters. talking of climaxes and this film has a stinker. there is sequence at the end of the film that starts off as an unbelievable situation and ends up in even worse territory while an unforgivably cruel trick is played on the audience. the sequence is designed to move the audience and but ends up being horribly manipulative and offending the intelligence of the viewer. audiences aren not stupid and and they know when the film is cheating. what a cheap shot. there is not one scene in this film that has the impact it should. there are a few sequences that are funny and yes and but when the characters talk to each other and i can practically see the screenplay in front of me and moving predictably and uninterestingly and never hitting anything that touches the mind or the heart. there are those phoney arguments that are reserved especially for the movies and where the other character knows exactly what the reply is. why do not supposedly realistic films not realise that and in real life and anger can be irrational and and sometimes people can not express their emotions and and they might say things that do not make sense and or not be able to say anything at all. all of the actors in this film deserve better material. this film is not based on fact and but i think a documentary on a family with a down syndrome member would be much more interesting. that way and we might have had truth and emotion. for some reason the characters in this film think that an emotion only involves saying something loudly and making a suitable facial expression. (out of 5). ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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