The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2004)

[DJM]

Here's a brief description from Amazon.com

Based on the bestseller by Mitch Albom (Tuesdays With Morrie), The Five People You Meet in Heaven takes up where It’s A Wonderful Life left off. In the Capra classic, George Bailey gets a vision of life without him. In this Hallmark Hall of Fame production, Eddie (Jon Voight), an amusement park maintenance man and war veteran, ends up in Heaven after an accident takes his life. There he meets five people from his past: the Blue Man (Jeff Richards), the Captain (Michael Imperioli), Marguerite (Dagmara Dominczyk), Ruby (Ellen Burstyn), and Tala (Nicaela and Shelbie Weigel). Each shows him how he impacted their life or they his--and not always for the better. (In these flashbacks, Callahan Brebner and Steven Grayhm play the young Eddie.) The point may seem simplistic--everyone is connected--but The Five People You Meet in Heaven finds a unique and engaging way to make it. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

I watched this movie a couple of years ago with my wife. While we did enjoy the movie, it really didn't make much sense to us because of our "Christan Views" at the time. We watched this movie again this past weekend and WOW! What a difference knowledge makes. The movie now makes perfect sense and is very heart warming. Bring a box of tissue with the popcorn, you'll probably need it. IMO it deserves five stars *****.

 

[Mayb]

I watched it couple of times. Nice story

 

[MnSportsman]

I realize that this topic is old , but I do a lot of "looking about", & since I just recently joined this forum, I look for things that help me associate with others & how they "see"(perceive) things. This was just one of those topics that I found in my travels. Just recently read the book & it just gave me an alternate view from anothers' point of view. (whether it fiction or non -fiction.Who knows....lol. ) Good thing to checkout if you are looking to see how others view things. Part of knowing yourself, it seems to me , is to know how others perceive things.
& now I continue on in my search.

Enjoy,
JB/MnSportsman