The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Starring: Jon Voight, Emy Aneke, Steven Grayhm, Janine Sabino-Albom, Nicaela & Shelbie Weigel, Ellen Burstyn, Liam Hilder, Damon Johnson, Dagmara Dominczyk, Billy Wickman, Anthony De Marco, Taku Kawai, Jeff Daniels, Tim O'Halloran, Kurt Doss, Callahan Brebner, Megan McKinnon, Darcy Cadman, Ava Hughes, Rebecca JenkinsDirector: Lloyd Kramer
Studio: Lions Gate
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
Running Time: 133 minutes
DVD Release: February 8th 2005
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DVD Review
Based on the bestseller by Mitch Albom (Tuesdays With Morrie), The Five People You Meet in Heaven takes up where It's A Wonderful Life left off. In the Capra classic, George Bailey gets a vision of life without him. In this Hallmark Hall of Fame production, Eddie (Jon Voight), an amusement park maintenance man and war veteran, ends up in Heaven after an accident takes his life. There he meets five people from his past: the Blue Man (Jeff Richards), the Captain (Michael Imperioli), Marguerite (Dagmara Dominczyk), Ruby (Ellen Burstyn), and Tala (Nicaela and Shelbie Weigel). Each shows him how he impacted their life or they his--and not always for the better. (In these flashbacks, Callahan Brebner and Steven Grayhm play the young Eddie.) The point may seem simplistic--everyone is connected--but The Five People You Meet in Heaven finds a unique and engaging way to make it. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
User Reviews
Manipulation - Rating: 1/5
this is a crass emotional manipultion..all be it well produced manipulation that gives the viewer a warm fuzzy feeling while very slyly promoting war..suggesting war is a duty to your country or what have you.
At the same time manipulting the viewers emotions very very effectively.
War is mass indescriminate death of fooled young men and innocent civilians directed by millionaires who's prime purpose is to profit from the killing.
Think for a minute about what you're being told behind this mass of emotional manipulation.
The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Rating: 5/5
Great movie.
A Novel approach to the afterlife - Rating: 4/5
Eddie dies and goes to heaven where he learns his life has been meaningful to at least 5 people. I enjoyed watching this movie, and I feel it allows us to appreciate the little things done for others...not making us feel guilty because we did not change the world with a bang.
Sense of Closer - Rating: 4/5
I can watch this movie over and over again I feel that this movie helps you get some understanding with the afterlife that, you are not alone. Also, we are connneted in every way down from the cashier at the store you see every so often and only share a couple of words, to the close friend of our everyday lives. All our questions are answer plus, we leave a little piece of ourselves with everyone we encounter.
Absolutely heart warming and awe inspiring! Loved it! - Rating: 5/5
Having not read the book, I found this film completely captivating and warmed my heart to consider a view point of heaven different than I had imagined. I think it's unfair to compare the book version to the film version because selling a copy of the other is boring. It's the differences in interpretation of the story that carry it from one generation to the next. If it were an exact copy, you'd have been dissappointed that you knew what was around every corner. The characters are so well developed and you'll quickly fall in love with them as they are everyday people that could just as easily be in your life and not the film. This film is a masterpiece in displaying one idea of what our life's meaning could be. I think it displays a believable pathway to better understand the web of relationships that are brought into our life for a higher purpose.
