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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Dreamworks Video
Salesrank: 15151
Released: February 7, 2006 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
ELIZABETH IS A WORKAHOLIC DOCTOR WHO IS WAY TOO BUSY FOR A LIFE. ONE NIGHT, SHE GETS INTO A CAR ACCIDENT & BECOMES STUCK BETWEEN HEAVEN & EARTH. DAVID IS A LONELY ARCHITECT WHO RENTS HER OLD APARTMENT & THINKS HE'S CRAZY WHEN HE STARTS SEEING HER SPIRIT. HE TRIES TO GET RID OF HER BUT SHE JUST WON'T GO AWAY.
Description of Just Like Heaven (Full Screen Edition):
Bad romantic comedies make you scoff at their absurdity; good ones make you wish your life was that absurd. Just Like Heaven is just smart and likable enough to trigger that wishing. David (Mark Ruffalo, Collateral, You Can Count On Me) finds an amazing apartment in San Francisco--only to discover it's haunted by the spirit of the previous tenant, an overachieving doctor named Elizabeth (Reese Witherspoon, Legally Blonde, Election). There's something not quite right about Elizabeth's afterlife; against his better judgement, David agrees to help her investigate her life...but finds himself digging into his own as well. The plot takes a twist that some viewers will see coming, but Just Like Heaven doesn't rely on the surprise alone; the revelation takes the story in a new and just as entertaining direction. Witherspoon and Ruffalo are two of the best romantic leads around, but the surprise is how well their contrasting flavors (perky and moody, respectively) mesh, creating a sparky, engaging chemistry. Also featuring Dina Waters (Freaky Friday), Donal Logue (The Tao of Steve), Ben Shenkman (Angels in America), and Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite). Crisply directed by Mark Waters (Mean Girls), who carefully keeps the supernatural from getting silly and the romance from getting gooey. --Bret Fetzer
Just Like Heaven (Full Screen Edition) Reviews:
good movie 
2009-12-05 - the movie was in good condition, but it would have been nice if it was in the case it came in
Cute premise, but hackneyed execution
2009-09-13 - "Just Like Heaven" (based on the book Just Like Heaven) stars Reese Witherspoon as Elizabeth Masterson, a workaholic young doctor aspiring to become a resident physician in a San Francisco hospital. Elizabeth works double shifts (at the beginning, she's just finished 26 hours on call) and survives on espresso and cafeteria salads; she works because she truly cares about her patients and wants to do the right thing, even at the expense of her personal life. She has no love life, despite a friend's attempts to set her up on blind dates. While driving over to her sister's house on a rainy night, she's hit head-on by a semi (for some reason, this brought to mind Heart and Souls).
Three months later David Abbot (Mark Ruffalo), a landscape architect, is looking to rent an apartment with a great couch. He seems lost in personal tragedy, drowning his sorrows in copious amounts of alcohol. Shortly after he moves into Elizabeth's apartment, she appears to him, insulting his slobby housekeeping skills and demanding that he leave her apartment immediately. She disappears as quickly as she arrives, leading David to think that he must be hallucinating. David talks to his shrink friend Jack (Donal Logue) and seeks advice from Darryl (Jon Heder, Napoleon Dynamite), who claims to be able to sense ghosts. All I could sense was a rehash of Jon's Napoleon character, and the addition of Darryl felt unnecessary (or at least, a recast was called for). David and Elizabeth become grudging allies as they seek to uncover the truth behind Elizabeth's condition, coming up against hospital bureaucracy, and this takes up most of the film.
The scenery is nice enough, but there's so much artificial sweetness and logical improbabilities that go far beyond suspension of disbelief to make this workable. The various subplots (and choice of casting for Jack and Darryl) never really gelled for me. The attempts to insert physical comedy fell flat (David's seemingly spasmodic fight with a shot glass in a bar, Elizabeth attempting to "jump back" into her body, Elizabeth's sister running around wielding a meat cleaver), and Jon Heder's signature stoner hippie quickly grew grating. The script relied heavily on genre conventions (cue the "Ghostbusters" theme and references to The Joy Luck Club, and the climax felt far too scripted and forced to be effective (and there are medical impossibilities that boggle the mind). That's unfortunate, because Witherspoon's and Ruffalo's characters are likeable and their relationship has chemistry. With different writers, this could have been a great little romantic comedy, but as is it's only so-so.
Fun movie with a twist 
2009-09-08 - I have just about decided that anything with Reese Witherspoon in it has to be good. This movie is no exception. The movie is a romantic comedy but I thought it had some twists and turns that made is less predictable and therefore, much more enjoyable than the average. The cast is great and the chemistry between the two leads (Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo) is exceptionally strong. They are both great actors and play against each other well.
While definitely a feel-good movie, this one isn't silly -- a good way to spend an evening.
About the movie 
2009-08-29 - An awesome movie that reminds how far you should go when you really love someone.
Just Like Heaven DVD
2009-04-29 - The DVD arrived on time and the product was absolutely perfect like brand new. Really enjoyed watching the movie too...
