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The Five People You Meet In Heaven

The Five People You Meet In Heaven

Drama · Fantasy · Science Fiction · 2004

On his 83rd birthday, Eddie, a war vet and a maintenance worker at the Ruby Pier amusement park, dies while trying to save a girl who is sitting under a falling ride. When he awakens in the afterlife, he encounters five people with ties to his corporeal existence who help him understand the meaning of his life.

Movie details

The Five People You Meet In Heaven

2004 Drama · Fantasy · Science Fiction 2h 12m

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7.0 / 10

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On his 83rd birthday, Eddie, a war vet and a maintenance worker at the Ruby Pier amusement park, dies while trying to save a girl who is sitting under a falling ride. When he awakens in the afterlife, he encounters five people with ties to his corporeal existence who help him understand the meaning of his life.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Lloyd Kramer

Written by

Mitch Albom

Jon Voight

Jon Voight

Edward

Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn

Ruby

Jeff Daniels

Jeff Daniels

Blue Man

Michael Imperioli

Michael Imperioli

Captain

Dagmara Dominczyk

Dagmara Dominczyk

Margeurite

Steven Grayhm

Steven Grayhm

Young Eddie

Matt Visser

Matt Visser

Blue Man - Child

Court is in session

Put The Five People You Meet In Heaven on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Auteur Devotee

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.