Just Like Heaven (2005)
Average Rating: 5.7/10
Reviews Counted: 149
Fresh: 83 | Rotten: 66
Delightfully sweet like a lollipop, Just Like Heaven is a dreamy romantic comedy that may give you a toothache when it attempts to broach difficult end of life issues by throwing a cherry on top.
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 32
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 18
Delightfully sweet like a lollipop, Just Like Heaven is a dreamy romantic comedy that may give you a toothache when it attempts to broach difficult end of life issues by throwing a cherry on top.
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Movie Info
A couple who live on different sides of the divide of life and death discover just how many boundaries love can cross in this romantic comic fantasy. Elizabeth (Reese Witherspoon) is a hardworking and dedicated medical resident who, after 20 hours on duty, is heading home when she falls asleep at the wheel of her car and is involved in a fatal auto accident. Several weeks later, a man named David (Mark Ruffalo) takes over the lease on Elizabeth's apartment, but he discovers that she hasn't quite
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Cast
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Reese Witherspoon
Elizabeth -
Mark Ruffalo
David -
Donal Logue
Jack -
Dina Waters
Abby -
Ben Shenkman
Brett -
Jon Heder
Darryl -
Ivana Milicevic
Katrina -
Caroline Aaron
Grace -
Billy Beck
Mr. Clarke -
Ron Canada
Dr. Walsh -
Rosalind Chao
Fran -
Willie Garson
Maitre D' -
Joel McKinnon Miller
Lead Ghostbuster -
Raymond O'Connor
Catholic Priest -
Jeffrey Marcus
Uptight Neighbor -
Jimmy Ortega
Security Guard -
Lorna Scott
Hippie Neighbor -
Lucille Soong
Chinese Exorcist -
Tony Brubaker
Security Guard -
Jacob Chambers
Kenny -
Nicole Wilder
Kim -
Tim Sitarz
Security Guard -
Drew Letchworth
UFO Guy -
Ken Takemoto
Chinese Neighbor -
Victor Yerrid
Ghostbuster -
Robert N. Benjamin
Ghostbuster -
Paul Cassell
Brett's Friend -
Alyssa Shafer
Lily -
Tim Connolly
Security Guard -
Ken Clark
Security Guard -
Amita Balla
Receptionist -
Chaim Jeraffi
Dry Cleaner -
Gabrielle Madé
Nurse Maria -
William Caploe
Nurse Bill -
Shulie Cowen
Nurse Jenny -
Diego Sebastian
Bandage Guy -
Cristian Cruz
Orderly Luis -
Benjamin Hughes
Peroxide Rocker -
Cara Vivien Rosenberg
Balloon Girl -
Catherine Taber
Intern Karen -
Chris Pflueger
Abby's Husband -
Kerris Dorsey
Zoe -
Ron Hacker
Blues Guy -
Kara Hamilton
Valerie -
Doug Krizner
Donald -
Zoe Waters
Park Girl -
Karen Harrison
Kenny's Friend -
Ingrid Coree
Waitress -
Lee Burns
Ivan
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All Critics (160) | Top Critics (35) | Fresh (83) | Rotten (66) | DVD (15)
See two charming characters make beautiful music together.
Top CriticStarts out glib and gimmicky but later digs surprisingly deep.
It's corny, it's somewhat predictable, but it's also very sweet, it's funny.
Closer to hell, really.
Just Like Heaven is really nothing more than your standard love-from-beyond-the-grave squishfest (even though the heroine isn't actually dead) done up in the dumb bonnet-and-bloomers get-up of contemporary romantic comedy.
Director Mark Waters knows how to turn the gimmicky unknown into psychologically comic adventure, just as he did in 2003's Freaky Friday.
Just Like Heaven is a typical romantic comedy that stumbles on the problems of being not particularly funny or interesting. It could have been truly heartwarming, but is so heavy handed here that the final result is merely sentimental pap.
Just Like Heaven" perpetuates the Frisco curse that not one great movie has been made in the hilly city since Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo in 1958.
Kudos to Witherspoon and Ruffalo for generating enough screen chemistry to insure a teary-eyed finale that'll make you forget the fact that you're watching a shameless rip-off.
One of the best times I've had at the movies in a while. It's not perfect. It's not very deep. But it's a whole lot of fun and even a little moving.
While the picture adheres to romantic-comedy formula, it's not entirely formulaic, and the actors, who appear to be having fun, give it a bright and undeniable appeal.
Um filminho simpático protagonizado por dois atores carismáticos. E, ainda assim, não é um bom sinal que eu esteja utilizando a palavra 'filminho' para descrevê-lo.
Like a romantic comedy Chinese dinner. You watch it, and an hour later you are hungry again for a romantic comedy.
There's also strong support from Donal Logue (as David's best friend Jack) and Jon Heder, who proves there's life after Napoleon Dynamite with an amusing comic turn as a supernatural bookseller who agrees to help David.
There are parts of the film that engage and others that are just plain silly. Pity. With a better script, Just Like Heaven just might have been a winner.
The quintessential lightweight date movie.
... it is refreshing to see a love story played out with sincerity.
With apologies to The Cure... 'Show me show me show me/ How you make a flick/ That has a hackneyed theme,' she said.
...it balances humor and poignancy in a way that's far from comatose.
This trifling love story is thoroughly ridiculous but still surprisingly enjoyable
Witherspoon and Ruffalo have some real sparks. Satisfying and sweet
When my body and spirit decide to go their separate ways, I want to be perky and beautiful like Reese Witherspoon in Just Like Heaven.
A spirited diversion that showcases the talents of Witherspoon and Ruffalo, who should team up again soon.
It took me about 45 minutes into "Just Like Heaven" to figure out just exactly what it is: A contemporary retelling of "Sleeping Beauty."
Another cinematic press release targeting audiences with a positive spin on the ugly subjects of death, loss and severe illness.
Director Mark S. Waters again transcends the expectations of his subject matter to make a sweet surprise of a film that demands rewatching.
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- Elizabeth: I'm a doctor...
- David: I'm a doctor!
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- Darryl: Righteous.
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