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HERE ON EARTH is the story of a well-to-do prep school youth, Kelley (Chris Klein), who is sentenced to spend the summer in a small town, rebuilding a diner that he accidentally helped burn down. Once there, he forges a bond with an underprivileged girl, Samantha (Leelee Sobieski), who is living with a terminal illness. As the .. Read more

Starring Leelee Sobieski, Tac Fitzgerald, Bruce Greenwood, Annie Corley
Director Mark Piznarski
Genres Drama

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Here On Earth

HERE ON EARTH is the story of a well-to-do prep school youth, Kelley (Chris Klein), who is sentenced to spend the summer in a small town, rebuilding a diner that he accidentally helped burn down. Once there, he forges a bond with an underprivileged girl, Samantha (Leelee Sobieski), who is living with a terminal illness. As the summer wanes and Kelley must confront the realities of life, he learns a valuable lesson that culminates in his valedictorian speech on graduation day.

Starring Leelee Sobieski, Tac Fitzgerald, Bruce Greenwood, Annie Corley, Elaine Hendrix, Annette O'Toole, Chris Klein, Michael Rooker, Erik Eidem
Director Mark Piznarski
Studio 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 2 hrs
Certificate DVD Certificate PG.gif
Genres Drama
Language English
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles Croatian, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish
Released DVD: 30 Jun 2003
Production year: 2000
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (2) of Here On Earth

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  • 2 stars out of 5

    Leelee Sobieski stars in this saccharine high-school romance as a small town girl torn between rich kid Chris Klein and farm boy Josh Hartnett. Sobieski and Klein approach their roles with dewy-eyed earnestness, while Hartnett gives the film its only solid performance. Director Mark Piznarski too often uses pop music to intensify the drama rather than trust his actors with the task. The result is a movie that borrows more from music video than the conventions of straightforward narrative. The characters don't have enough depth to sustain the movie's unnecessary turn toward tragedy in the last act, while the finale lands like a lead balloon.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • "...It's an old-fashioned story of young love, enlivened by an attractive cast and settings..."

    • Los Angeles Times
    • Posted 11 Mar 2005

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Time to get the hankies out - a film that tugs! A real Sunday afternoon movie if the weather is bad and you can't get out

      • Niama#1 from DIDCOT
      • Posted 14 Jun 2004 06:03

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  • 1 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    boring tearjerker wannabe

    I thought this would be a great movie - 2 of my favorite actors, Josh Hartnett and Chris Klein are in it and Leelee Sobieski is a good actress as well. Unfortunately I was wrong. I fell asleep twice, yawned uncountable times and was generally not impressed. This tearjerker wannabe can be given a miss

      • A customer from London
      • Posted 25 Aug 2004 13:25

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