The Five People You Meet In Heaven
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
NR | 05 December 2004 (USA)
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On his 83rd birthday, Eddie, a war vet and a maintenance worker at the Ruby Pier amusement park, dies while trying to save a girl who is sitting under a falling ride. When he awakens in the afterlife, he encounters five people with ties to his corporeal existence who help him understand the meaning of his life.

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AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
Kirpianuscus at first sigh, a Mitch Albom. the message, the implication in film made, the poetry of things who define people in profound sense are few arguments. convincing, powerful and good as reason to see/ignore it. but the second motif for discover this film is Jon Voight, who did a remarkable job. his character vulnerability, emotions, memories, meets, words and truth , his sadness and joys and tears are more than ingredients from a sentimental /motivational drama who risks to become pathetic. and this is the first step for give few attention moments to a film about yourself, delicate, beautiful, not far by the novel but provocative for the effort of a great actor to explore the nuances of his character.
sahilchodha its about an old man who dies accidentally and reaches heaven where he met five people who somehow were connected to him during his life. And these people were affected by this old man in some or the other way. This film is great because the incidents these five people tell him will make you cry.And you will feel that how our life affects people so much in many ways that we don't even realize.Some moments in this film are so heart touching that you can not stop your tears falling from your eyes. And that's the best part of a GREAT film. If a film succeeds to makes you cry, laugh and connected, what I felt..... all I can say its worth watching....... Don't miss it.
wayno-6 Often times, we wonder if our lives count? Did we make a difference in the life of another person?We have a distorted image of ourselves through life. We do things which are, dull, boring, mundane. No value.We interact with people, but there seems no purpose to it. It's all rehearsed. We go through life, make all the motions, and eventually die.We don't see the effect we have on others, only the effect others have on us.The kind word. The smile. Shaking hands. Ordinary.Then some day, the tape of our life is rewound, and our life unfolds on the screen of time.Five people were touched. Transformed. Because one individual made a difference.That's hard for us Humans.Maybe the small things in life, DO MATTER.This film is very existential, yet is is also very down to earth.Jon Voight does a magnificent job.Rated 4.5 stars out of 5.Wayno
Aubeus This movie is more like a philosophical commentary than a story. It uses its characters and story in a very pointed way to push the idea that there is more significance in our lives than we will ever realize. Like someone before me said, it's a re-make of "It's Wonderful Life". It really is more than coincidence that all these events happened in one character's life -- it's a book turned into a script. This movie is just as big a fantasy as The Neverending Story; I definitely wouldn't show impressionable children. A movie that teaches people to constantly seek significance, draw false conclusions, and sacrifice themselves for strangers probably shouldn't be a movie to model one's life after. As for the acting: it's pretty camp and impersonal. The characters don't take anytime to depart from the stereotypes -- men are all angry and emotionally suppressed assholes; women are weak and vulnerable; children are innocent, so on and so forth...