A Little Trip to Heaven

A Little Trip to Heaven

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A Little Trip to Heaven

Alfred Harmsworth, Anne Reid, Forest Whitaker, Jeremy Renner, Joanna Scanlan

When a scam artist dies with a million-dollar life insurance policy, his sister and her husband try to collect, but an insurance investigator has different plans.

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  • March 16, 2008
    We first meet insurance investigator ('adjustor') Abe Holt as he listens to his boss Frank (Peter Coyote) explain to a new widow why she will not receive full death benefits because the insurance company took photos of her husband smoking, the apparent cause of his death. Abe jus...( read more)t sits in the background but we know he is in tune with the fraudulent activity of the insurance company. Almost immediately he is assigned to a new case: an ex-con with a million dollar life insurance policy has apparently been found dead in a car crash burned beyond recognition. Abe drives to the tiny snowy desolate village where his questions of the townsfolk reveal that the victim was Kelvin Anderson, the brother of Isold (Julia Stiles) who is married to a low life type named Fred (Jeremy Renner), a man who we have seen in flashbacks as the one responsible for arranging the car crash and setting the car on fire. Abe sneaks around the town, spies on Isold, and becomes involved in the investigation in more ways than the honest one. It is the interplay of the three - Abe, Fred, and Isold - that provide the intrigue and mystery of the apparent framed insurance scam. a modern film noir with an excellent cast, a beautiful soundtrack and atmospheric sequences in the rain or snow. Maybe the tone is a bit too sad and nihilistic for the big crowd.
  • April 17, 2007
    Decent flick with an interesting performance from Whitaker. Can't quite put my finger on that accent. Is it Scottish Minnesotan? Fascinating.

    And pretty much anything with Stiles in it I like. She's nothing special, I just like her. The story kept my interest but wasn't e...( read more)specially compelling or captivating. Nothing you need to rush out and see, but may be worth it if you can't find anything else.
  • October 14, 2009
    The crash scene at the end of this movie is in itself worth watching, best stunt I have ever seen. The film is about the best suspense film I have seen in some time. Forest Whitaker keeps popping up in these unheard of films. Julia Stiles plays the abused female and does a excell...( read more)ent job of it. Child Actor Alfred Harnsworth reached the top of the peak in this one. It will keep you on the very edge of your seat, you will not get up or walk away from this one. 4 Stars reaching for 5
  • October 14, 2009
    Good acting and a good story.
  • October 7, 2009
    This move seem realy stupid till you get to the end and it makes you start it over so that you can watch it becuz it good, so just keep your mind in it and it will turn out great.
  • July 6, 2009
    a dramatical story between a kid,isold,kelvin,fred and insurance agent(Forest Whitaker).
  • June 17, 2009
    liked it. forest whitaker shouldntve died though. i think they only killed him so he can stay away from isold and the kid, he was a bit of a creeper.
  • April 29, 2009
    In Short: A brother-and-sister team attempt to swindle a life insurance company by faking the brother?s death, but a skeptical insurance agent digs deeper into the case and ends up getting personally involved in the web of deceit.


    Recommend: Yes
  • March 26, 2009
    I love Julia Stiles but this one was terrible, Forest Whitaker and the strange accent didn't do it for me either.
  • February 13, 2009
    Would have been better if I hadn't guessed the ending 20 minutes into the movie..

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