Just Like Heaven 2005

It's a wonderful afterlife.

6.944 / 10   2236 vote(s)
PG-13
Drama Comedy Romance Fantasy

Shortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Martinson, who asserts that the apartment is hers -- and promptly vanishes. When she starts appearing and disappearing at will, David thinks she's a ghost, while Elizabeth is convinced she's alive.

Release Date 2005-09-16
Runtime 1h 35m
Directors Mark Waters, Daryn Okada, Benjamin Rosenberg
Producers Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Veronica Brooks, David B. Householter, Marc Levy, Jonah Loop
Writers Marc Levy, Peter Tolan, Leslie Dixon

It's a little heavy-footed and almost tries too hard, yet I quite enjoyed 'Just Like Heaven'.

Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo are a strong pairing, with Jon Heder spearheading a good support cast ably. It's a well paced film at around 90 minutes, there are some decently amusing scenes in there alongside some more sombre ones - the majority of which come off rather well. Some parts are cliché, but not to the degree that it affected my enjoyment.

One that is well worth a watch, in my opinion of course.

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