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.
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10/04/02
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Heaven (2002)
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Reviews Counted:86
Fresh:63
Rotten:23
Average Rating:6.7/10
Consensus: The story is the weakest link in this gorgeous and well-acted film.
Theatrical Release:Oct 4, 2002 Limited
Box Office: $630,553
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... [More]
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Remo Girone, Stefania Rocca
Director: Tom Tykwer
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Reviews for Heaven
Top CriticOn 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.
10/21/02
Though a touch too Arthouse 101 in its poetic symbolism, Heaven proves to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors.
10/02/02
Too artsy by half, Heaven nonetheless casts a spell that doesn't break until you leave the theater.
11/15/02
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.
10/17/02
'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.'
10/29/02
For those who are open to a languorous meditation on love and justice, Heaven is a rewarding, if slightly labored, experience.
09/06/03
The movie tries to be ethereal, but ends up seeming goofy.
10/02/02
Top CriticNever lets go your emotions, taking them to surprising highs, sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches...gorgeous, passionate, and at times uncommonly moving.
10/21/02
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.
10/18/02
Some movies suck you in despite their flaws, and Heaven is one such beast.
10/18/02
Top CriticThe ambiguous note on which Heaven ends would be irritating in a conventional film, but here it seems curiously fitting.
10/25/02
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.
10/08/02
Another love story in 2002's remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre.
10/24/02
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.
10/04/02
Top Criticthe film doesn't sustain its initial promise with a jarring, new-agey tone creeping into the second half
10/19/02
Far more successful, if considerably less ambitious, than last year's Kubrick-meets-Spielberg exercise.
09/30/02
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.
10/04/02
Top CriticHeaven, beguiling as it is...eventually glides into the borderlands of pure mumbo jumbo.
03/19/03
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.
10/11/02
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