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Just Like Heaven

Overview

Genre :

Comedy, Romance

Release Date :

September 16, 2005

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Mark Waters

Starring :

Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Jon Heder, Donal Logue, Ivana Milicevic, Rosalind Chao, Caroline Aaron

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  3 of 5 [Rate It]

2.5 of 4

“..well acted, occasionally amusing and completely banal...”
by James Verniere [Boston Herald]
1.5 of 4

“..so lifeless..”
by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
3 of 5

“..pleasurable despite its problems..”
by Sean O'Connell [Filmcritic]
2.5 of 4

“..isn't nearly as funny as it should be...”
by Jeff Vice [Deseret News, Salt Lake City]
1.5 of 4

“..is rarely humorous, rarely romantic, and rarely affecting...”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
2 of 5

“..is not able to find the right balance of fantasy and reality..”
by Mark Plante [The Cinema Source]
2.5 of 4

“..is more pleasant than truly compelling...”
by Tim Knight [Reel]
3.5 of 5

“..High in concept but low in comedic effort..”
by Robert Denerstein [Denver Rocky Mountain News]
2.5 of 4

“..feels as if it were adapted from a beach-blanket novel that in turn was written to bait a movie deal...”
by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
3.5 of 5

“..consistently pleasant and even throws in a few twists...”
by Philip Wuntch [The Dallas Morning News]
3.5 of 5

“..clever writing, appealing leads..”
by Christine James [Boxoffice Magazine]
2 of 4

“..boring chick flick..”
by Jennifer Simonovic [Hollywood]
3 of 5

“..an irresistible and unpretentious morsel of old-fashioned romance..”
by Andrea Chase [Killer Movie Reviews]
3.5 of 5

“..a very special and especially icky romantic comedy..”
by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
5 of 10

“..a typical romantic comedy that stumbles on the problems of being not particularly funny or interesting...”
by Joshua Starnes [Comingsoon]
2.5 of 4

“..a sweetly romantic dromedy for tweens and teens..”
by Barry Paris [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
1.5 of 4

“..a supernatural romantic comedy that is neither romantic, comedic, super or natural...”
by Allison Benedikt [Chicago Tribune]
“..a smart, tenderhearted love story..”
by Sheri Linden [The Hollywood Reporter]
7 of 10
Reviewed by Nate Anderson [Movie-Vault]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Calvin Wilson [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Stan Urankar [Sun Newspapers of Cleveland]
3.5 of 4
Reviewed by Daniel Neman [Richmond Times-Dispatch]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by [E! Online]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Marc Savlov [Austin Chronicle]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Rob Blackwelder [SPLICEDwire]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Ann Hornaday [Houston Chronicle]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Daniel Fienberg [Zap2it]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Deborah Hornblow [The Hartford Courant]
2 of 4
Reviewed by John Monaghan [Detroit Free Press]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Jami Bernard [New York Daily News]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Sara M. Fetters [MovieFreak]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Sue Pierman [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
1 of 5
Reviewed by Brian Orndorf [EFilmCritic]

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