Just Like Heaven

"It's a wonderful afterlife."

2005 1h 35m EN

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7.0

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54%

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6.7

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★7.0TMDB · 2,652🥫54%Rotten Tomatoes●47Metacritic★6.7IMDB · 125,202

ComedyRomanceFantasy

Synopsis

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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.

“It's a wonderful afterlife.”

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Cast

Reese Witherspoon
Dr. Elizabeth Masterson
Mark Ruffalo
David Abbott
Donal Logue
Jack Houriskey
Dina Spybey-Waters
Abby Brody
Ben Shenkman
Dr. Brett Rushton
Jon Heder
Darryl
Ivana Miličević
Katrina
Caroline Aaron
Grace

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mark Waters
Writers: Leslie Dixon, Peter Tolan, David Lowery
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Mid-budget at $58M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 21 years ago.

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3 / 8

CAST

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347+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Mark Waters, shot by Daryn Okada. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Rolfe Kent. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Bruce Green shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo and Donal Logue carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

AWARDS

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Marketing tagline: "It's a wonderful afterlife.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Mark Waters directs. Daryn Okada behind the camera. Rolfe Kent scores. Bruce Green cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Mid-budget at $58M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Released 21 years ago.
3347+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
4Directed by Mark Waters, shot by Daryn Okada. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Rolfe Kent. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Bruce Green shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo and Donal Logue carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "It's a wonderful afterlife.".
9IMDB entry: tt0425123 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 18 themes, including "coma", "based on novel or book", "workaholic", "san francisco, california".
11Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Daryn Okada
Original score: Rolfe Kent
Editing: Bruce Green
Production design: Cary White
Costume design: Sophie de Rakoff
Makeup / hair: Becky Cotton
VFX supervisor: John E. Sullivan
Sound: Mark Mangini
Stunt coordinator: Jimmy Romano
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $58,000,000
Box office: $102,900,000
Return: 177% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Just Like Heaven (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes: 54% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 47/100
IMDB rating: 6.7/10 · 125,202 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination total

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r96sk2023-01-20
★ 8/10
It's a little heavy-footed and almost tries too hard, yet I quite enjoyed <em>'Just Like Heaven'</em>. 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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