Just Like Heaven

Theatrical Release Date: 2005 09 16 (USA)

UPC: 678149197327

Studio: DreamWorks

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Adult Situations, Adult Language, Sexual Situations]

Summary: A couple who live on different sides of the divide of life and death discover just how many boundaries love can cross in this romantic comic fantasy. Elizabeth (Reese Witherspoon) is a hardworking and dedicated medical resident who, after 20 hours on duty, is heading home when she falls asleep at the wheel of her car and is involved in a fatal auto accident. Several weeks later, a man named David (Mark Ruffalo) takes over the lease on Elizabeth's apartment, but he discovers that she hasn't quite vacated the building. Elizabeth's body may be dead, but her spirit is still quite lively, and her ghost is insisting that the apartment is still hers...and that she wants him to move out. David brings in Darryl (Jon Heder), an eccentric man who claims to have psychic powers, to help sweep Elizabeth's spirit out of the apartment, but she refuses to budge, certain that she can't be completely dead, despite all evidence to the contrary. As Elizabeth and David try to share the flat, they discover that their differences aren't as great as they once imagined, and they become attracted to one another. But will Elizabeth's spirit stay in the land of the living long enough for their romance to go somewhere? Just Like Heaven marked Jon Heder's first feature film role after his breakthrough appearance in the independent hit Napoleon Dynamite. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Romance

Features: Making of Just Like Heaven
Meet the cast
Deleted scenes
Gag reel

Just Like Heaven

Format: DVD

Release Date: 02/07/2006

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DDS2.0 Dolby Digital w/ 4 channels

Runtime: 95 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English,Spanish,French

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Just Like Heaven
1. At the Hospital [7:55]
2. David Meets Elizabeth [6:00]
3. Seeing Someone [5:35]
4. Bookstore [10:05]
5. At the Bar [3:39]
6. Meet the Neighbors [5:08]
7. "I'm a Doctor!" [3:41]
8. St. Matthews [10:11]
9. Katrina's Visit [5:16]
10. On the Roof [3:01]
11. David's Garden [6:47]
12. Elizabeth's Last Night [7:29]
13. An Idea [3:53]
14. Stealing the Baby [7:07]
15. Elizabeth Comes Home [4:22]
16. End Credits [4:17]

Derek Armstrong

Just Like Heaven is the rare film that starts out broad, obvious and overly familiar, then develops subtlety as it moves along, ultimately winding up as a sweet -- if not distinctly memorable -- romantic comedy. A movie about a spirit haunting her former apartment can't exactly be "realistic," but Reese Witherspoon's sitcom-like reaction to her new circumstances is what gives the first act its eyeball-rolling broadness. Director Mark S. Waters stages this portion as an extended "meet cute" between Elizabeth (Witherspoon) and David (Mark Ruffalo), the apartment's new tenant, so of course the two bicker and display the mutual comedic disdain that always presages movie romances -- even though he might be crazy, and she might be dead. It's when Waters steps out of this lazy opening that the film starts to take on more dimension, as the audience learns what happened to Elizabeth, and what's at stake going forward. Even the soundtrack gets focused down from a selection of randomly used, disjointed songs to something more comfortable and organic. (And yes, it does feature the Cure song that inspired the title, albeit a cover by Katie Melua). Just Like Heaven loads up on the classic elements of romantic comedy, and sometimes overloads, such as putting two people in the role of David's buddy, thereby leaving both Donal Logue and Jon Heder (in his first role after Napoleon Dynamite) without enough to do. As for the leads, they acquit themselves well enough, but one senses they'd have been better if this material weren't essentially beneath them. (Ruffalo has always been a critical darling, and at the time of this film's release, Witherspoon's Oscar-winning turn in Walk the Line was just two months from hitting theaters). Still, Just Like Heaven manages to overcome most of the potential cynicism by the predictable finale. ~ Derek Armstrong, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Caroline Aaron  Actor 
Robert N. Benjamin  Actor 
Gabrielle Madé  Actor 
Chris Pflueger  Actor 
Lee Burns  Actor 
Joel McKinnon Miller  Actor 
Tony Brubaker  Actor 
Ken Takemoto  Actor 
Amita Balla  Actor 
Cara Vivien Rosenberg  Actor 
Karen Harrison  Actor 
Willie Garson  Actor 
Lorna Scott  Actor 
Tim Sitarz  Actor 
Cristian Cruz  Actor 
Doug Krizner  Actor 
Ron Canada  Actor 
Jimmy Ortega  Actor 
Jacob Chambers  Actor 
Alyssa Shafer  Actor 
Shulie Cowen  Actor 
Ron Hacker  Actor 
Lucille Soong  Actor 
Drew Letchworth  Actor 
Ken Clark  Actor 
Benjamin Hughes  Actor 
Zoe Waters  Actor 
Billy Beck  Actor 
Jeffrey Marcus  Actor 
Paul Cassell  Actor 
William Caploe  Actor 
Kerris Dorsey  Actor 
Rosalind Chao  Actor 
Nicole Wilder  Actor 
Tim Connolly  Actor 
Diego Sebastian  Actor 
Kara Hamilton  Actor 
Raymond O'Connor  Actor 
Victor Yerrid  Actor 
Chaim Jeraffi  Actor 
Catherine Taber  Actor 
Ingrid Coree  Actor 
Leslie Dixon  Screenwriter 
Walter Parkes  Producer 
David B. Householter  Executive Producer 
Rolfe Kent  Composer (Music Score) 
Laurie MacDonald  Producer 
Peter Tolan  Screenwriter 
Mark S. Waters  Director 
Reese Witherspoon  Actor 
Mark Ruffalo  Actor 
Donal Logue  Actor 
Dina Waters  Actor 
Ben Shenkman  Actor 
Jon Heder  Actor 
Ivana Milicevic  Actor 

Country: USA