I was concerned that this would be a quasi-religious tract and it does centre on the idea of a higher power, but this is done in a thoughtful, even nuanced way. Wong ponders at one point that there may well be other watchers watching them, and so on. The 'job interviews' for a place on earth are just as squirm-inducing as a regular one - 'Should I have said that?', 'Is that the answer he wants?', 'Why is he wearing a vest?', etc. At times, the film strays into the dreaded twee forest but it usually manages to bring itself back with inventive touches from Oda and attention-holding performances from Beetz and Duke.
There are more questions than answers in Nine Days but that's to be expected from a film of this ilk. You can read it any way you like, ultimately.
Nine Days opens July 15th at Palace Cinemas and the Luna.
See also:
Beetz has a different kind of job interview in Deadpool 2 (2018), directed by David Leitch, and Frank Capra's It's Wonderful Life (1946) has Jimmy Stewart in limbo.
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