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Just Like Heaven
2005
Reese Witherspoon plays ambitious medical intern Elizabeth, who regularly clocks in 20 hour days at the hospital. Her work is her life, much to the chagrin of her sister Abby, who is married, with kids, and constantly attempting to get Elizabeth to go out more. When Abby finally succeeds in setting up a blind date for her .. Read more
| Starring | Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Donal Logue, Dina Spybey |
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| Director | Mark Waters |
| Genres | Comedy, Romance |
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Just Like Heaven
Reese Witherspoon plays ambitious medical intern Elizabeth, who regularly clocks in 20 hour days at the hospital. Her work is her life, much to the chagrin of her sister Abby, who is married, with kids, and constantly attempting to get Elizabeth to go out more. When Abby finally succeeds in setting up a blind date for her sister, Elizabeth has an accident en route while driving to meet the mystery man, and the stage is set for love. David (Mark Ruffalo) has been apathetically searching for a new apartment in the cutthroat San Francisco housing market, while attempting to overcome his wife's death two years ago. When he finally finds the perfect place, nothing is going to make him leave, and this includes the blonde control freak (Elizabeth) who suddenly shows up while he's busy vegetating. She claims the apartment is hers, and it becomes ever clearer that Elizabeth doesn't remember her past, and shows irrefutable signs of being a ghost...
| Starring | Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Donal Logue, Dina Spybey, Ben Shenkman, Jon Heder, Ivana Milicevic |
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| Director | Mark Waters |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 31 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Rom-Coms |
| Genres | Comedy, Romance |
| Language | English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | DVD: 08 May 2006 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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JUST LIKE HEAVEN is distinguished by its restraint. Waters creates a credibly spellbound San Francisco...
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Theres a distinctly 80s feel to this romantic comedy its set-up recalls films like Ghost and Truly,... read more on Time Out
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74 out of 84 people found this review helpful
Just like... A good romantic comedy.
OK, so it's not hilariously funny, the plot takes some believing and this film is about as intellectually challenging as watching Richard & Judy. But so what! The leading characters Elizabeth (Reese Witherspoon) and David (Mark Ruffalo) are both attractive and likeable and their relationship builds at a nice pace so most viewers will be there at the end hoping for a happy conclusion. The acting from leads and support is good and the film has a warm glow about it, managing to be romantic without quite becoming fingers down the throat stuff. Even a big hairy bloke like me who's not supposed to like this type of film enjoyed it. If you're a hardened cynic with no romance in your soul you'll hate it, for the rest of us of it's a fine feel good movie. Great for a cosy night in — all you'll need is this film, a comfy sofa and someone to cuddle up with...
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Good Girly film
I fancied this film when I first saw it advertised but didn''t get around to going to see it at the cinema so I rented it here. Well I sat and watched it one afternoon and loved it. Would think that it would be a really good one for sitting watchin on a girly night in either with alcohol or without.
I would say its a similar kind of style of film to City of Angels so you may need tissues to help get you through the weepy bits. It's a bit predictable in places and there's some cheesey lines plus some comedy in it too. Plus the end is a kind of obvious too but that doesn't matter.
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Witherspoon to develop murder movie
- 04 May 2007
Reese Witherspoon's production company Type A Films is to develop a movie adaptation of a real-life account detailing a high school murder, it has emerged. The book, released in 1997, details events surrounding the killing of a Canadian student and the following investigation into the crime. Although there is no word on whether Witherspoon will star in the film, she may take on a production role, according to the Guardian. The actress, who received the Oscar for best actress when she portrayed... Read more
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Just Like Heaven
Reese Witherspoon plays ambitious medical intern Elizabeth, who regularly clocks in 20 hour days at the hospital. Her work is her life, much to the chagrin of her sister Abby, who is married, with kids, and constantly attempting to get Elizabeth to go out more. When Abby finally succeeds in setting ...
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