Clevercell Very disappointing...

Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Console best movie i've ever seen.

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

dreaminginthemidnighthou God awful movie...don't believe the 'hype' it is weak, lacks no guts nor plot, gives every impression that it's a students movie for Year 11 Drama studies! I could not see what others saw in it. Everything screamed B movie! The restaurant scenes were shot ALL at the same table with the brassy blonde sitting behind both times, once when she went with her husband, once with her lover. Man were they that short for extras?The movie lacked any credibility even by trying to be bad to be good it also failed in it's use of dark light throughout.The 'chairman of the board' should have used his film for something at least credible. This was a shocker 1/10

George Parker "Heaven" is a misanthropic noirish drama which conjures up a witches brew including a trans-whatever as the title character, a down and out architect as the "hero", a masochistic strip club owner, a couple of thugs, an unlikely bouncer called "Sweeper", an evil "shrink", a beautiful but slutty ex-wife to be, etc. in an ordinary story with an annoying herky-jerky flow and a clairvoyant element to pump up its trite plot. An unfortunate attempt at film making with little going for it, this flick seems to get off on its own grime and grit at the expense of giving us a reason to care about our hero who's caught up amidst a myriad of malefactors. An annoying mess of a movie which should appeal most to those into sensationalistic junk flicks.

bros This film, shown at both the Montreal and Toronto film festivals, isso original that its merits passed over the heads of the busyreviewers.Scott Reynolds uses a very clever device to allow the viewer tosuspend disbelief that one of the characters could accuratelyforetell the future. Heaven, the seer, is a transvestite stripper in aregular strip club. The viewer focuses on this improbability andlets the improbability that someone can foresee the future slip intothe film's reality.Having created a believable character that can and does foretellthe future, Reynolds is then faced with another problem. How tokeep the viewer from knowing the future. He accomplishes thiswith a series of carefully staged flashbacks (and flash forwards)that, although accurate, are out of sequence and therefore lead theviewer to believe in a series of events that is not accurate.I have never seen a more cleverly thought up, worked out andexecuted script.With his plan in place, Reynolds creates one of the mostimprobable plots imaginable, but because we have moved beyondsuspending disbelief and become believers, one that seems veryprobable.Richard Schiff superbly portrays the character of the strip clubowner, Stanner. Stanner has hired Heaven and brought him/herunder his wing because he has turned Heaven's ability to foretellthe future into profits. Stanner, however, is also involved withRobert Marling, played by Martin Donovan (II). I would continue tosay superbly, but the fact is, the acting in the film is first rate allaround.Marling is going through a bitter divorce with the stunning JoannaGoing as Jennifer Marling. Jennifer is seeing the sleazypsychiatrist Dr. Melrose played by Patrick Malahide.And in the pivotal coincidence, Heaven is also seeing theunbelievably evil (but nonetheless believable) Dr. Melrosebecause Heaven's visions of the future trouble him/her deeply (thevisions, not the sexual ambiguity).Marling is a down and out gambling addict, an architect who isdesigning a new club Stanner has commissioned with themillions he has earned from following Heaven's visions of thefuture. Marling is forever losing money to Stanner in poker games.Heaven sets the plot in motion by foreseeing Marling saving himfrom being viciously murdered by two sadistic thugs. Heaven setsout to reward Marling by using his/her foretelling abilities to feedMarling information on how the cards will fall in his poker handswith Stanner.Evil Dr. Melrose discovers this in his sessions with Heaven. Heseduces Jennifer. Advising her on her divorce settlement, the baddoctor tells Jennifer to hold out for the fortune her husband isabout to come into as a result of Heaven's foretelling, intending totake the fortune for himself.Stanner has plenty of cash but can't resist playing the angles, deciding to burn down his club to make way for the new onedesigned by Marling. He hires two homicidal maniacs to do thetask for him, the same two sadists Heaven foresees murderinghim, and it is these two who initiate the mass slaughter thatmakes the film so violent.This film is a sleeper. It will be discovered, its clever featurescopied and it will become a classic. Scott Reynolds does not havea large body of work, but any director or writer would be proud tohave this film to their credit.

hippiedj New Zealand director Scott Reynolds has a flair for getting into viewers heads while they watch, and this was very apparent in his previous film, The Ugly. Time seems to be a force in this film as well, by playing with the sequence of events, going forward and back. Fortunately, we seem to understand what happens (like the constant time playing in the film Siesta), and become more involved with what is happening to the characters. Gambling addictions, child custody, seedy strip joints, and even a psychic all weave a fascinating situation that could help or destroy all involved. Despite its rough nature, it still manages to be a very satisfying experience. One you will tell friends you have to see to believe. It does deserve notice as a unique film and hopefully word of mouth will help get this film the recognition it deserves.