“The Discovery” (* out of four) was a dreadful science melodrama about a scientist (Robert Redford) who discovers the existence of the afterlife but this discovery leads to an alarming rise in suicides; then his well-meaning son (Jason Segal) falls in love with an unstable girl (Rooney Mara) who is contemplating suicide herself. Potentially interesting and lurid story is a real yawner instead and blatantly rips off some ideas and scenes from “Flatliners”. Even Redford’s effortless charisma can’t breathe much life into this one. A considerable waste of Redford, Mara, and Mary Steenburgen who is only in one scene!