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Some Kind of Heaven
Directed by
Lance Oppenheim
NR
2021
83m
Documentary
7.2
93%
74%
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Behind the gates of a palm tree-lined fantasyland, four residents of America's largest retirement community, The Villages, FL, strive to find solace and meaning.
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Cast of Some Kind of Heaven
Dennis Dean
Self
Lynn Henry
Self
Anne Kincer
Self
Reggie Kincer
Self
Gary Schwartz
Self
Barbara Stanton
Self
Lance Oppenheim
Director / Producer
Melissa Oppenheim
Producer
Darren Aronofsky
Producer
Kathleen Lingo
Producer
Pacho Velez
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Jeffrey Soros
Producer
Simon Horsman
Producer
Some Kind of Heaven Ratings & Reviews
The Jewish Chronicle
Linda Marric
The awkward silences, deadpan deliveries and semi-comedic tone are often reminiscent of Louis Theroux's early BBC work which gave us a previously unseen slice of middle America.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
Director Lance Oppenheim (who at 24 is a good half-century younger than his subjects) employs a straightforward, deadpan style that suits the material well, avoiding condescension or cutesy gimmicks...
Detroit News
Adam Graham
Once you arrive here, you may not want to leave.
Chicago Reader
Becca James
Whether about the local grifter or a recent widow, each story is beautifully shot and allowed to unfold organically, enabling an authentic rumination on life and the relationships that sustain it.
Rolling Stone
David Fear
Oppenheim doesn't want to bury or praise these folks indulging in senior-citizen hedonism; he's more interested in making queasy art out of the communal hangover.
FilmWeek (LAist)
Peter Rainer
One of those documentaries that has a great subject, but doesn't really know what to do with it.
FilmWeek (LAist)
Amy Nicholson
All that psychological stuff was very interesting. But the point that I really walked away with was that in this community, every man in this community seemed to act like a crazy teenager.
FilmWeek (LAist)
Claudia Puig
Sometimes it's poignant, other times it's chilling, sometimes just depressing... I just wanted to know more details than were explored here.
Los Angeles Times
Gary Goldstein
[D]espite its merits, this wry look at several beleaguered senior citizens living in the world's largest retirement community - Central Florida's the Villages - is often undercut by this telescoped approach.
AV Club
A.A. Dowd
It's like a movie set the size of Manhattan-a Hollywood facsimile of the midcentury high life you can actually move into.
San Jose Mercury News
Randy Myers
Oppenheimer snoops around and finds a fount of cinematic gold, without once resorting to ageist tropes. "Heaven" is about how, even in twilight years, many of us still haven't found what we're looking for.
RogerEbert.com
Nell Minow
Charming.
IndieWire
Eric Kohn
Oppenheim relishes in the strange beauty of their lives with Rockwellian precision, and the bigger picture remains elusive throughout. Look closer, however, and the movie makes a sobering point, whether or not Oppenheim intended it .
Austin Chronicle
Josh Kupecki
Some Kind of Heaven effortlessly blends humor and pathos into a memorable and at times unsettling study on where life's trajectory might land us, and that is a concept that deserves more than mild contemplation.
New York Times
Ben Kenigsberg
Oppenheim resists easy misanthropy, showing unexpected empathy for people who have cocooned themselves from the outside world, only to confront its headaches anyway.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
The film deepens and grows more thoughtful - and, yes, sad - as its spotlight on the need for human connection - at any age - comes into focus.
Slant Magazine
Chuck Bowen
The film is most tragic and humorous when hints of the outside world break through the suffocatingly cheerful façade of the Villages.
Film Comment Magazine
Eric Hynes
I hazard to think that the film's mutual curiosity gives Some Kind of Heaven its vivifying spirit, that transforms what might have been familiarly charming and smirkily knowing into something more troubling, elusive, and enduring.
The Hollywood Reporter
Beandrea July
There's a lot of dancing in this movie, and it turns out that watching old people dance in an authentic way is really enjoyable.
Variety
Dennis Harvey
Those nostalgic for the fond portraits of eccentric Americana in Errol Morris' early work - and pretty much everyone else - will be delighted by "Some Kind of Heaven."
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