Fresh
See two charming characters make beautiful music together.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Just Like Heaven
It's a wonderful afterlife.
2005 · 1h 35m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Directed by
Mark Waters
Overview
Shortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Masterson, 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.
Director and cast
- Mark Waters Director
- Reese Witherspoon as Dr. Elizabeth Masterson
- Mark Ruffalo as David Abbott
- Donal Logue as Jack Houriskey
- Kerris Dorsey as Zoe
- Dina Spybey-Waters as Abby Brody
- Ben Shenkman as Dr. Brett Rushton
- Jon Heder as Darryl
- Ivana Miličević as Katrina
- Caroline Aaron as Grace
- Rosalind Chao as Fran
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
55%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Starts out glib and gimmicky but later digs surprisingly deep.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Fresh
It's corny, it's somewhat predictable, but it's also very sweet, it's funny.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
Closer to hell, really.
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
Rotten
Just Like Heaven is really nothing more than your standard love-from-beyond-the-grave squishfest (even though the heroine isn't actually dead) done up in the dumb bonnet-and-bloomers get-up of contemporary romantic comedy.
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
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