Warner Bros.
The film begins with one of the most thrilling, expertly executed flood scenes in film history: a tsunami strikes an Asian beach resort and courses through the town, inundating hundreds and nearly killing a vacationing French TV journalist. But the vigor and dazzle of this sequence have almost nothing in common with the pensive, meandering narrative that follows. Head over to TIME.com for Richard Corliss’ full take on Hereafter.