Anthony De Marco, Ava Hughes, Dagmara Dominczyk

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 Baile...( read more  read more... )y 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

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Unrated, 133 min.

Directed by: Lloyd Kramer

Release Date: December 5, 2004

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DVD Release Date: February 8, 2005

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  • February 4, 2008
    The book was amazing, the movie not so much. YOu can tell that they spent the budget on actors and not production values.
  • August 23, 2007
    The book is much better.
  • August 17, 2007
    Made me emotianal, a moving piece.
  • June 29, 2009
    I knew nothing about the movie going in didnt know there was a book etc etc... just saw it because someone had it.
    In the end, its a good story, at times entertaining. But not great.
    I'm not sure if the book is so much better, but the movie is only "ok".
    It does sell good mor...( read more)als & ideas about life, but its mired in a mediocre film.
  • October 21, 2007
    A unique and heartwarmning story, no matter what your beliefs are.
  • November 10, 2009
    long but captivating
  • November 5, 2009
    i heart mitch albom........

    love it...love it...love
  • October 24, 2009
    A thought provoking film that captures the heart and the imagination. If you feel that you have never mattered then this film is for you.
  • October 2, 2009
    I think this movie TRIED to be encouraging and uplifting but it was incredibly depressing. First of all, God's name was maybe mentioned TWICE and the whole idea of heaven is being in the presence of God... literally "meeting your Maker." I didn't like how it was "everyone has the...( read more)ir own heaven." Also, how could a soul be in more than one place at a time if someone else's heaven was different but had the same people in it as others? It makes no sense. I realise this is a figment of someone's imagination and meeting five people in heaven is completely fictional, but what upsets me is if someone saw this and believed it, instead of believing the Truth. Not once was ever mentioned HOW Eddie got to heaven... didn't mention his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, in fact, mentioned that he even questioned if God knew he existed. I didn't like it. I watched the whole thing, but kept hoping it would be over soon because it was depressing me. The only good thing about it though was all my thinking about heaven... and how it is not far away from each of us. Life is short and we never know when it will end. We need to make the most of our time here on earth before we go.

    The part about Eddie's wife dying got me very teary eyed because I thought about what would happen if my husband suddenly took ill and left me alone on earth. I couldn't bear it. Just the thought made me very upset. I think the real heaven is going to be streets of gold, crystal clear water, the tree of life, God Himself laughing with us and answering all our unanswered questions we had on earth, our loved ones by our side eating great food and talking all eternity long about anything and everything and just pure joy forever. But the only way to get there is to accept Christ's death as payment for our sins.
  • September 1, 2009
    Everyone should watch this one time in their life

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  • girlwife2006
    April 3, 2007
    de movie is really gud,u should always see it
  • jstocco
    September 29, 2006
    This was a good book, so I imagine the movie will be good too.

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