Supermarket cashier and paremedic trainee Holly (Abigail Hardingham)
has fallen madly in love with co-worker Rob (Cian Barry), and she
especially feels drawn to his dark side, which includes a suicide attempt
and a girlfriend he lost in a car accident. Doesn't take long and the two
land in bed together - his bed, but when they have sex something seems to
grow out of the mattress: Nina (Fiona O'Shaughnessy), Rob's dead
girlfriend who's apparently not ready to let go of him just because she's
dead. Naturally, this freaks Holly out, makes her leave in a hurry ... but
she's not one to give up, so the next time they have sex in his bed and
Nina turns up, she tries to include her - to little avail, as Nina the
ghost can't really have sex. Still, Holly isn't one to give up that
easily, so she figures if she can assure Nina won't be forgotten just
because Rob has moved on, she'll go away, and Holly's so far to have
"Nina forever" tattooed onto her body, a tattoo that matches
Rob's - but according to Nina, this has only the opposite effect, now
she'll always been drawn back into the land of the living. So now, Holly
tries everything to make Rob forget Nina: She moves in with him, replaces
all of his furniture, gives his place a paint job, goes to any length to
remove Nina ... to no effect. Eventually, Rob and Holly split up - and
here's the thing, that somehow gives Rob the kick to move on ... but now
Nina stays with Holly ... Nina Forever is a pretty
twisted black comedy for the most part: It's really macabre in tone, at
times grotesque even, but intelligent at the same time, and it never tries
to just gross out the audience. Also the approach to at points ditch
linear storytelling for a more associative approach really works, as does
the movie's refusal to explain everything away ... well, to a certain
point: Actually, the ending of the film is a bit on the disappointing
side, as it leaves a few too many questions open and leaves the audience
guessing a bit too much. That's not to say the film isn't well worth a
watch, because it is, but ultimately it doesn't live up to its full
potential.
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