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VIDEO RELEASE
Aug 19, 2003 (DVD)
NUMBERS
Box Office: $630,553
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CONSENSUS
The story is the weakest link in this gorgeous and well-acted film.
CAST & CREW
Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Stefania Rocca
Directed by Tom Tykwer
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SYNOPSIS
The raw emotions, deadly choices and mysterious impulses that surround the search for a state of grace come to the fore in HEAVEN, the last film written by the late master filmmaker Krysztof Kieslowski and writing partner Kryzsztof Piesiewicz (the makers of "Blue," "White" and "Red.") Tom Tykwer ("Run Lola Run," "Winter Sleepers," "The Princess and the Warrior") directs, bringing his intense visual energy to the taut, lyrical, multi-layered story of an ordinary woman who takes divine justice into her own hands. more...
MPAA RATING
R, a scene of sexuality
RUNTIME
1 hour, 37 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Oct 4, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
Miramax Films
GENRE
Dramas, Drama, Justice, Romance, Terrorism, On-The-Run, Love Story, Escape, Police, Italy, Drug Dealers, Teachers, Love
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Heaven Site
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PARENTS EVALUATION
TRAILER & MEDIA
PHOTOS
TIDBITS
NEWS ARTICLES
LINKS
SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
SUBMIT USER REVIEW
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 "On the surface, it's a lovers-on-the-run crime flick, but it has a lot in common with Piesiewicz's and Kieslowski's earlier work, films like The Double Life of Veronique."
-- Jeffrey M. Anderson, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
"Though a touch too Arthouse 101 in its poetic symbolism, Heaven proves to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors."
-- Jason Anderson, EYE WEEKLY
"Too artsy by half, Heaven nonetheless casts a spell that doesn't break until you leave the theater."
-- Todd Anthony, SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
"By no means a slam-dunk and sure to ultimately disappoint the action fans who will be moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic first act, it still comes off as a touching, transcendent love story."
-- William Arnold, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
"Never lets go your emotions, taking them to surprising highs, sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches...gorgeous, passionate, and at times uncommonly moving."
-- Rob Blackwelder, SPLICEDWIRE
"The ambiguous note on which Heaven ends would be irritating in a conventional film, but here it seems curiously fitting."
-- Robert W. Butler, KANSAS CITY STAR
"Another love story in 2002's remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre."
-- Walter Chaw, FILM FREAK CENTRAL
"Far more successful, if considerably less ambitious, than last year's Kubrick-meets-Spielberg exercise."
-- Mike D'Angelo, TIME OUT NEW YORK
"What begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters."
-- Duane Dudek, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
"Its themes are also more relevant and understandable, but Heaven is still premeditated, conceptual, and vigilant."
-- Blake French, FILMCRITIC.COM
"[A] thoughtful, visually graceful work."
-- Pam Grady, REEL.COM
"A gorgeously strange movie, Heaven is deeply concerned with morality, but it refuses to spell things out for viewers."
-- Chris Hewitt, ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS
 "The story itself is actually quite vapid."
-- JoBlo, JOBLO'S MOVIE EMPORIUM
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"'Pocas ideas interesantes, un final pseudo místico que no corresponde al tono general del filme y que deja una sensación de inconformidad que hace pensar más de una vez si vale la pena ir a la taquilla y reclamar el precio del boleto.'"
-- Jorge Avila Andrade, MOVIOLA
"To work, love stories require the full emotional involvement and support of a viewer. That is made almost impossible by events that set the plot in motion."
-- Liz Braun, JAM! MOVIES
"If your idea of movie heaven is an intelligent script, an imaginative director on top of his game and gutsy performances by talented actors, then grab your harp and halo and seek out this film."
-- Larry Carroll, COUNTINGDOWN.COM
"the film doesn't sustain its initial promise with a jarring, new-agey tone creeping into the second half"
-- Laura Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"The story is a rather simplistic one: grief drives her, love drives him, and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place - it struck a chord in me."
-- Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, THEMOVIECHICKS.COM
"a quiet, pure, elliptical film"
-- Mark Freeman, CRITICAL EYE
"Heaven is a haunting dramatization of a couple's moral ascension."
-- Ed Gonzalez, SLANT MAGAZINE
"You live the mood rather than savour the story."
-- Harry Guerin, RTE INTERACTIVE (DUBLIN, IRELAND)
"The search for redemption makes for a touching love story, mainly because Blanchett and Ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters' suffering."
-- Dan Jardine, APOLLO GUIDE
"A 'Badlands' for the war-on-terrorism era."
-- Kevin N. Laforest, MONTREAL FILM JOURNAL
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FRESH 68%
Avg. Rating: 6.6/10 |
"You might say Tykwer has done all that Heaven allows, if you wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible. Suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled."
-- John Anderson, NEWSDAY
"The movie tries to be ethereal, but ends up seeming goofy."
-- James Berardinelli, JAMES BERARDINELLI'S REELVIEWS
"Some movies suck you in despite their flaws, and Heaven is one such beast."
-- Ty Burr, BOSTON GLOBE
"A restrained Ribisi convinces as an Italian, though if ever a movie needed one of the actor's whiny jags to pump it up, this has to be among the rare ones."
-- Mike Clark, USA TODAY
"Tykwer's surface flash isn't just a poor fit with Kieslowski's lyrical pessimism; it completely contradicts everything Kieslowski's work aspired to, including the condition of art."
-- Manohla Dargis, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"There's much to admire about Twyker's movie, even if it runs out of gas once it hits the road."
-- Robert Denerstein, DENVER ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
"Blanchett's performance confirms her power once again."
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"None of this is half as moving as the filmmakers seem to think."
-- Jonathan Foreman, NEW YORK POST
"Its compelling mix of trial movie, escape movie and unexpected fable ensures the film never feels draggy."
-- Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
"Further sad evidence that Tom Tykwer, director of the resonant and sense-spinning Run Lola Run, has turned out to be a one-trick pony -- a maker of softheaded metaphysical claptrap."
-- Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
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"There's the plot, and a maddeningly insistent and repetitive piano score that made me want to scream."
-- Jean Lowerison, SAN DIEGO METROPOLITAN
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* Who are the Approved Tomatometer Critics?
* Mouse over a tomato icon for a publication's original rating. Original rating not available for every publication.
* In fairness to critics whose last name begins with a letter at the end of the alphabet, certain pages are sorted in reverse order, z-a.
* Certain "Heaven" article data provided by the Movie Review Query Engine.
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