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"Eleven-year-old Chandler Canterbury of Houston kept his eyes covered through most of the screening of his latest film, After.Life, which also stars Liam Neeson, Christina Ricci and Justin Long.
The thriller, opening today in Houston and nine other cities, stars Neeson as funeral director Eliot Deacon, who likes to chat as he prepares clients for burial. Ricci plays Anna, a car-crash victim sent to Eliot's mortuary. Long plays Anna's boyfriend.
Chandler plays Jack, one of Anna's students, who has been deeply affected by her death and is drawn to the funeral home and its director.
This isn't the type of movie that Chandler would normally see. First of all, it is rated R, and his parents, Kristine and Rusty Canterbury, carefully screen the movies their children see. Plus, Chandler prefers comedies and action movies. And then there's the nudity.
"Christina was naked for half the movie, so I covered my eyes out of respect for her," Chandler said. "After.Life is not a kid movie.""
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