Just Like Heaven

2005 "It's a wonderful afterlife."
6.7| 1h35m| PG-13| en
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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.

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Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!
Bardlerx Strictly average movie
Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.
Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...
TownRootGuy This show is great, a must see for RomCom fans. It has good eye candy, an excellent cast, I guess some FX, AND possession's not just a joke, it's funny.Ruffalo shines in this. This is definitely worth watching, I do it every 2 - 3 years.
Syo Kennex Just Like Heaven is a 2005 romantic comedy featuring Mark Ruffalo and Reese Witherspoon. Catching this on the television when I was on holiday, I decided to settle down and watch it, just because I had nothing else to do whilst waiting to go out. I found a funny, sweet, very sensitive and almost realistic touch to a love story between mortal and ghost. It's been a long time since I really enjoyed a romantic comedy, but Just Like Heaven brings it all perfectly. Mark Ruffalo plays the lonely, sensitive man, who wants to know what love is. To want to have someone to love. Reese Witherspoon plays the ghost of the doctor who works too hard to have a love life, and doesn't know how to really step back to focus on love. When Witherspoon's ghost ends up attached to Ruffalo, they're both unhappy with it. They annoy each other, they get on each other's nerves, but slowly, we see the sweet romance - although predictable - bloom between them. No points for originality, but definitely points for doing it in such a sweet way. There wasn't a massive change of heart, where they go from hate to love in seconds, but we saw it develop. We saw them thrive off of each other, and slowly coming round to each other. This is rarely done in romantic comedies, especially in modern films, so seeing this done so beautifully was an absolute treat. Ruffalo and Witherspoon truly bring their characters to life. It's something that is expected of actors and actresses. For characters to seem real just because they're played by real people - but both actor and actress take the medal for me. They really made both characters feel like they were people I could actually find in the street, people that were just trying to live their every day lives, maybe they could even be my neighbours, or an aunt or uncle. I felt like I knew them, that I knew these characters created in a script, as if they had been in my life for a long time.Never before have I found a romantic comedy so sweet, so fun, and just so. Real. The jokes were really on point for the humour of 2005, but also, they're still funny now. They're still relatable, and it's not easy to find a film from over a decade ago that is still funny. Humour ends up outdated, just like everything else in the film industry, so finding the humour in this to still be a gem was wonderful.I would definitely watch this again, and I definitely recommend it to people, even now in 2017. This would be my first recommendation for anyone who asked me for a romantic comedy film to watch. Absolutely spectacular. I hope to see more films in recent years become more like Just Like Heaven.
nurserannaree This is a very good movie, if you talk about the comedy or romantic movie. Some people might not like it but for me, i can't take my eyes out of it because the plot is very interesting. Mark Ruffalo is a great actor. He shows me the different feelings and I can feel them all. When I watched Just Like Heaven, I just forgot that who is Mark Ruffalo? Because in that time I know only David Abbott. And talk about Reese Witherspoon. She is an incredible actress too! I did believe that she is the doctor. She makes me laugh,sad and smile. She can send those feelings right at me. So this is the very old movie from 2005 but if you haven't watched it yet.Then you should watch it once in your lifetime!
Davis P Just like heaven is a very entertaining Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo comedy. I really enjoyed this movie I've always enjoyed the whole Ghost out of body spiritual kind of film. The chemistry between Mark and Reese is really what made this movie click. They had a great romantic chemistry and also had great witty dialogue to throw at each other. That's another thing the writing was very well done and entertaining. One thing that I didn't particularly enjoy was where the scene where the slut next-door disrobes. I think we could've done without her character, I mean I know it was for comedy but I just didn't think it worked. Mark Ruffalo really showcased his talent. Also the movie was very sweet and warm hearted, it was just one of those cute Saturday afternoon chick flicks that makes you feel good. So basically in a nut shell, if you're looking for an Academy Award, then this is not the one for you, but if you are looking for a sweet lighthearted funny and romantic entertaining movie then this is the one for you. The ending was very good too, I thought it was well done and cute. Now there were some moments that were just a little drab, but luckily they didn't go on too long, and the comedy didn't always work but most times it did. 7/10 for just like heaven.