I’ve been talking about this with a friend, so it felt inevitable that I talk about it. I only just saw it last year, and found it to be a mix of horrifying, sad, and powerful. It’s a movie about being in an unfamiliar world between life and death, and wrestling with one’s own sanity and accepting certain truths about themselves. Tim Robbins was great in this, it’s one of those times when I don’t even think about the famous actor in the role, he just becomes Jacob and I feel so much for his confused psyche. I loved how nightmarish it was and how it felt so strange but also made me feel more accepting of certain inevitabilities in the end.
While this quote may be a spoiler, it’s one of my favorites in the film, and sums up the movie in a nutshell, from Danny Aiello’s character Louis:
Louis: "If you're afraid of dying, and you're holdin' on, you'll see devils tearin' your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freein' you from the world. It all depends on how you look at it."
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