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tieman64 Another satire by directors John and Roy Boulting, "Heavens Above!" stars Peter Sellers as a Christian chaplain who takes over the running of a small church. To the chagrin of local businessmen, clerics and land owners, Sellers' "progressive" beliefs upset the status quo; he offers charity to the poor, is friendly with Afro-Caribbean men and lets a family of squatters live in his church. How dare he!? The Boulting Brothers' "I'm All Right Jack" pitted capitalists versus communists and union workers. "Heavens Above!" does something similar, portraying Christian values as being unsustainable, irrational and downright ill-effective in a world governed by both the logic of capitalism and the golden calves of profit and private land ownership. Ill-equipped for this world, Sellers' character finds himself locked in a rocket and blasting off into outer space. For the idealistic chaplain, Christianity and planet Earth itself are incompatible (thus "heaven's above"). Of course the opposite is also true; "earthly" capitalism heavily depends upon different forms of "Christian" welfare. In Britain, it was itself via the burgeoning welfare state which capitalism co-opted and neutralised "threatening" Christian socialists and worker movements.Though "Heavens Above!" wastes a good premise, the always watchable Peter Sellers elevates things. His chaplain is idealistic, kind-hearted, but tragically pushed to a point of near-total disillusionment. Forgotten by most film-lovers, the Boulting Brothers anticipate the works of Lindsay Anderson.7.5/10 – Worth one viewing.

SA I liked Peter Sellers in his well-known films and I started to watch the harder-to-find movies in his repertoire. I am starting to hate every movie he was in. His satire falls flat throughout his movies and he makes irrelevant points about society. Many people blame the script but he chose to do the movie with this inept script. Humor is lacking throughout this movie and his many other films.First of all, the "satire" in this movie is directed at the stereotypical stuffed-shirts but this movie then builds up the stereotypical low-lifes as heroes. It is a cliché through and through and it is poorly done. The movie was plodding along and bored me to no end.I don't understand why so many people think that any satire of Peter Sellers is funny. There is nothing interesting in this movie and every joke falls flat because of bad timing, bad acting or whatever reason.For example, a man, who is on the dole and refuses to work, loses his home but the vicar allows them to live in the vicarage, where his large family spreads junk around it and continues to steal and cause trouble just like before they lost their other home. This family doesn't need to learn anything but the stuffed-shirts can't do anything right. This type of humor is one-sided at its best and superficial at its worst.

mike171979 Peter Sellers is perfect as the small town Father Smallwood. Smallwood is one of the most endearing characters you'll ever see. He is kind hearted, sincere, and honest, if not a bit miss guided.Of course a character such as this being dumped into a town of swine is going to be interesting and it is.The ending is very emotional, for a comedic satire, but then, the tacked on ending completely changes the mood and tries its best to torpedo the entire film. Luckily, although the ending comes from absolutely no where and does damage the film, it does not takeaway from the superb job Peter Sellers did as Smallwood.

daddytolman "Heaven's Above!" is a wonderful, well-crafted satire that mocks not Christianity but hypocritical and cold "religious" people. It is a British version of "In His Steps" turned on its head and inside-out: what if a sincere believer (Sellers) attempts to live out the gospel in the middle of a spiritually dead English parish? Unchristian attitudes range from the Bishop who complains that Rev. Smallwood (Sellers) "keeps bringing God into everything," to two women arguing over free food they have just (undeservedly) received as handouts telling a black man (Brock Peters) "You don't belong here" under a banner that reads "Love one another."The script is rife with topical political and social comments but the real focus is timeless: do people really believe what they say they believe? Is there a place for Christianity in a secular, materialistic society? The ending, which baffles some, gives the answer to this. All serious questions aside, "Heaven's above!" is a satirical, incisive look at human nature.