...which is saying a lot, I realize.
Hutton & McGillis are so compelling that the myriad of celebrity cameos are immaterial.
This is a film about true, uncompromising, absolutely unquestionable love, and those who've not yet experienced it just might find it here.
The essential scenes in Heaven are, well... pure heaven. Without ignoring the teachings of the various religions, this pulls off what most of us hope Heaven will be like ~ presuming that we actually get there. Yeah, some of this might be considered to be a rip-off of "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" [which was itself ripped off by Beatty's "Heaven Can Wait"] but Hollywood's all about rip-offs, right?
Anyway, I mentioned in the Subject of this mini~review that this might be the best American romance ever made.
In my mind, the very best romance film ever put on celluloid was also "made in Heaven" ~ Wim Wenders' incredible "Wings of Desire" [decently remade with Cage and Ryan as "City of Angels"]
This is a 10.
Hutton & McGillis are so compelling that the myriad of celebrity cameos are immaterial.
This is a film about true, uncompromising, absolutely unquestionable love, and those who've not yet experienced it just might find it here.
The essential scenes in Heaven are, well... pure heaven. Without ignoring the teachings of the various religions, this pulls off what most of us hope Heaven will be like ~ presuming that we actually get there. Yeah, some of this might be considered to be a rip-off of "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" [which was itself ripped off by Beatty's "Heaven Can Wait"] but Hollywood's all about rip-offs, right?
Anyway, I mentioned in the Subject of this mini~review that this might be the best American romance ever made.
In my mind, the very best romance film ever put on celluloid was also "made in Heaven" ~ Wim Wenders' incredible "Wings of Desire" [decently remade with Cage and Ryan as "City of Angels"]
This is a 10.