Critic Reviews
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Peter Howell, Toronto Star
A less assured filmmaker would have trouble reconciling reality with magic realism, but writer/director Mehta turns kitchen-sink drama into soaring metaphor.
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Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
At best, magic realism is an intoxicating blend of the sweet and the bitter; in Heaven on Earth, it's a head-on collision with no survivors.
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Peter Debruge, Variety
Chipping away at the Indian institution of arranged marriage one feature at a time, Deepa Mehta brings her latest taboo-challenging critique home to Canada with Heaven on Earth.
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Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
The Indian-born writer-director moves into the realm of the imagination and magic realism to concoct a strong artistic statement about the powers of the mind.
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Bruce Kirkland, Jam! Movies
I can sense the profound ambition that inspired Deepa Mehta to craft her drama Heaven on Earth. But her uneven film turns out to be deeply troubling.
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Preity Zintaas Chand -
Vansh Bhardwajas Rocky -
Gick Grewal
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