David Walsh World Socialist Web Site Feb 16, 2021

A great deal of commotion is organized to conceal the fact that the filmmaker has little to say about contemporary life in general or even his own individual life and circumstances.

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Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Sep 29, 2020 8/10

Even the distresses of abandoning hope and wishing to pay for sins exhibit an artistry rarely found in these kinds of storylines (the kind involving vigilante justice).

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Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com Dec 30, 2008 3.5/4

Casts a poetic, otherworldly romantic spell.

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Jason Gorber Film Scouts Jun 21, 2007 A

The story itself holds a sense of stark reality and raw emotions mixed with a sense of flight and fantasy.

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Josh Bell Las Vegas Weekly Sep 6, 2003 3/5

For those who are open to a languorous meditation on love and justice, Heaven is a rewarding, if slightly labored, experience.

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Brian Mckay eFilmCritic.com Aug 10, 2003 4/5

while Franka Potente fans may keenly feel her absence in this film, the addition of the absolutely phenomenal Cate Blanchett more than balances the books.

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Mark Robison Reno Gazette-Journal Jun 19, 2003 B

It was gutsy for Tykwer to finish the work of a genius. He's mostly successful.

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Lawrence Toppman Charlotte Observer Apr 11, 2003 3/4

Blanchett is riveting.

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Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope Mar 27, 2003 3/4

A very interesting film and, if you are a thinking person, it will haunt you for some time after you have seen it.

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Nick Davis Nick's Flick Picks Mar 19, 2003 B

Heaven, beguiling as it is...eventually glides into the borderlands of pure mumbo jumbo.

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Harry Guerin RTÉ (Ireland) Mar 5, 2003 3/5

You live the mood rather than savour the story.

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Blake French Filmcritic.com Jan 22, 2003 4/5

Its themes are also more relevant and understandable, but Heaven is still premeditated, conceptual, and vigilant.

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Jeff Vice Deseret News (Salt Lake City) Dec 6, 2002 2/4

This dramatic thriller stretches credibility so often that it almost seems more like a fantasy.

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Duane Dudek Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Nov 29, 2002 2.5/4

What begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters.

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Paul Matwychuk Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta) Nov 29, 2002

Arthouse hokum.

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Gabriel Shanks Mixed Reviews Nov 28, 2002 A-

A penitent meditation on guilt, revenge, sacrifice, and redemption.

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Todd Anthony South Florida Sun-Sentinel Nov 15, 2002 2.5/4

Too artsy by half, Heaven nonetheless casts a spell that doesn't break until you leave the theater.

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Rene Rodriguez Miami Herald Nov 15, 2002 3/4

If Heaven doesn't quite achieve the transcendent power that Kieslowski might have attained, it comes close.

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John Urbancich Your Movies (cleveland.com) Nov 14, 2002 4/5

Though death robbed Krzysztof Kieslowski of the opportunity, substantial contributions from the visually adept Tykwer allowed him to leave us a little slice of "Heaven."

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Dan Jardine Apollo Guide Nov 13, 2002 72/100

The search for redemption makes for a touching love story, mainly because Blanchett and Ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters' suffering.

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