A Little Bit Of Heaven Reviews

While director Nicole Kassall tried to create an independent female lead who doesn't give into stereotypes with Marley, the overall movie ultimately lacked originality, a memorable story and characters with any true purpose.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10

Director Nicole Kassell is completely out of her element here.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4

For those who have a lot of time to waste

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5

Sap without the weight of reality, awkwardly combined with a romance without much chemistry.

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Bizarre combo of terminal cancer weepy and sexy romcom.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

An overdose of sentimentality that ends up being painful to watch.

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A little bit of hell.

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It's hard to develop much empathy for the characters in the final reel when everything leading to that point rings so emotionally false.

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Although New Orleans sparkles as the film's setting, the story boasts too many moving and mismatched parts to resonate in any sort of meaningful way.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

In A Little Bit of Heaven, Hudson pushes the "Just Die Already" meter straight into the red.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/10

Kate Hudson dies prettily in this tone-deaf dramedy about a woman finding love while suffering from colon cancer.

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When a movie opens with a character telling you that love isn't important, that movie is definitely going to smack down that nonbeliever, because movies always believe love is important.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

This movie turns into a total bummerfest that isn't sad enough to make me cry or funny enough to make me giggle.

Full Review | Original Score: 0.5/5

Who knew dying could be such a laugh riot? Certainly not any of us who have actually watched a loved one in the awful final stages of cancer.

Full Review | Original Score: 0/4

In the long history of bad movies about bad illnesses, "A Little Bit of Heaven" just might be the worst.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4

Gren Wells' screenplay throws around a few ideas about female independence and sexuality, but finally it's as shallow as it is mawkish.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5

A cringe-inducing romantic comedy turned cancer tragedy turned inspirational hosanna about living in the moment, embracing your bliss and other clichés.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5

Who's got time for bed-rest when there are hang-gliding lessons to be had?

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The film reaches into the pits of moviegoing hell when it finds Marley on a celestial white couch, ringed in billowing white curtains, communing with God. And God is embodied by Whoopi Goldberg.

Full Review | Original Score: 0/4

A moment of silence, please, for Kate Hudson's career.

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