In David Freyne’s winning film Eternity, the newly dead have endless themed paradises to choose from. If you can imagine it, it’s an option. There’s Beach World, Nudist World, Studio 54 World (there’s no AIDS and everyone is blissfully out), Infantilising World (it takes all kinds to make an afterlife), Man Free World (sorry, there’s a waiting list), Smokers World (you can’t die twice!), and many many more. There are ACs—Afterlife Consultants—who help you make the right choice because, once you pick, that’s it. That world becomes your world for… eternity.

Larry was chomping pretzels at his great grandchild’s gender reveal party—he is not a fan—when suddenly choked to death. He awakes in the afterlife’s first stop—imagine a giant convention center built with a very 60s vibe—in his much younger body. (In the afterlife, you’re whatever age you were the happiest.) His consultant, hilariously played by Da’Vine Joy Randolph, explains the rules and asks him—now played by Miles Teller—where he’d like to go. Larry says nowhere. He’s waiting for his wife of over 65 years, Joan, whose advanced cancer means she’ll be arriving shortly.

But when Joan does arrive, young and beautiful—played impeccably by Elizabeth Olsen—Larry is not the only one waiting for her. Her first husband Luke—a seductive Callum Turner—who died in the Korean War, has been waiting for her for 67 years. Neither man is up for polyamory so, helped along by her AC Ryan (John Early), Joan must choose which of her two loves she wants to spend forever with.

It’s not an easy decision. Luke and Joan were crazy, madly, sexily in love. The lives they dreamed of were lost to them. The two have chemistry as well as a clean slate—they never got a chance to struggle. Larry, who will be the first to tell you Joan has always been out of his league, is the man Joan made a life with. They have history, children, shared memories, and a bone deep familiarity. Luke is movie star handsome. Larry is a bit of a schlub. Luke’s chosen paradise is different than what Larry thinks he’d like so, whichever one Joan chooses, that’s it—she’ll never see the other man again.

This clever setup combined with excellent acting makes Eternity remarkably charming but there’s depth in its delights. Worked into the humor—Early and Randolph keep the laughs coming—are questions worth pondering. If you had to spend forever in one sort of place, what would you choose? Is the time that you were the happiest reflective of who you are now? What do we owe those who love us? How final really is death?

The answers to these, and there are answers, resonated with me. Like my favorite rom com, About Time, this is a film that made me cry, laugh, and feel grateful for all those I’ve loved and who’ve loved me. It’s determinedly earnest, something I think we need more of. (Currently, cynicism and ennui aren’t doing it for me.) I loved it—if you love smart rom coms, I think you will too.

Eternity is streaming on Apple TV