Heaven Is for Real

2014 "Unlock the mystery"
5.8| 1h39m| PG| en
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The true story of the 4-year old son of a small-town pastor who, during emergency surgery, slips from consciousness and enters heaven. When he awakes, he recounts his experiences on the other side.

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Also starring Connor Corum

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InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.
Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
Maleeha Vincent It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
tkjunkmail It was a good movie and their handling of a near death expeience was very interesting. But this is a family that I would not want to be near for fear that their tremendous bad luck would be catching. Anything that could go wrong, did go wrong for this family. Miscarriages, broken leg, burst appendix, doubting wife, doubting congregation, etc.
duccio-ulivelli Not an easy subject, well treated. And it's impossible it leaves you as you were before watching it
Filipe Neto In this film, a near-death incident allows a child an unusual view of life beyond death, and is one of the so-called "Christian movies", made by US evangelical Christians to propagandize their religion. Throughout the plot, the existence of life after death is taken as a certainty, with scientific explanations being (purposely) unreliable, which makes it hardly suitable for those who don't believe in it. Despite the unfortunate evangelical propaganda, the film presents an interesting problem, valid to any religion or belief system: it confront adults with their own beliefs using a child, reinforcing the idea of ​​innocence, as if a child were unable to lie. Adults say they believe in some things but are always doubting and are unable to deal with any evidence, even if it support their beliefs. That denounces some hypocrisy underlying most religions, including the one who sponsored the film. This is interesting to see and take away some of the propagandistic load that permeates the film, full of feelings but avoiding being corny. I don't know anyone from the cast, but they did a decent job. However, this movie is not a dramatic show. Its worth for it's story and the problem it brings, even if it's spoiled by partiality and religious propaganda.
Steve-Zoicks There comes a time when we all question Is heaven for real? On most occasions the act of good seems to far fetched to believe in and solace is found the misery of the event. Based on a four year olds anecdotal account of being invited to heaven after a ruptured appendix it is a truly remarkable tale of faith. Faith and hope are two things adults seem to thrive on to wake up each morning and what is extraordinary about the movie is its focus on the father, a pastor, his peeled s and the adults and how they perceive the question. Heaven is for real? A paradoxical question that questions ones own faith, but not of heaven but of existence. We all seek validation and our state of affairs is almost always based on what we believe. What an extraordinary tale to be told. This is not about whether Heaven is for real, but more about is mankind for real?I say this because what is real is what we decide to believe is real. An amazing cast and an splendid performance by Connor Corum. What is a wonderful capture of Connor's performance, who plays young Colyton Burpo, is the innocence and often heightened glee as he strolls through each scene. Almost as if he, during the making of the film was touched by an Angel. This is more than a feel good movie. It brings you to that point questioning not if Heaven is for real- but are you for real?