If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

From a purely visual perspective - Far From Heaven is a truly mesmerizing "retro-film" experience. With excellent camerawork, lighting, and meticulous attention to detail, this super-lush movie production is a dazzling re-creation of a 1950's soap opera "dreamworld" set in the upper middle-class suburbs of Hartford, Connecticut.Far From Heaven is a finely-tuned weeper about forbidden desires, denial and racial boundaries. Its story peels back the layers from the "Stepford Wife" Syndrome of the 1950's that has lodged itself firmly into our collective consciousness. Far From Heaven dares to suggest that "soap opera" might actually be regarded as something socially relevant.When seriously considering this film's storyline - Far Form Heaven really is 'far-from-heaven', alright - That's for sure - In fact, from the main character's point of view, it's all pretty well close to hell.

A word of advice - watch a few Douglas Sirk movies first especially "All the Heaven Allows" with Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson and "Imitation of Life" with Lana Turner. The former film is for the romance with a gardener and the latter is the racism issue. It will make watching this more interesting and it's delightful to pick up the similarities - music costumes color palate cinematography and plot. In terms of the social issues highlighted it's quite far from Douglas Sirk by dealing with a homosexual husband something that couldn't have been shown in the 50s.Julianne Moore is lovely as the perfect housewife in Hartford. Dennis Quaid is her tormented gay husband. Dennis Haysbert is the gardener.This is a good movie and very involving but I prefer the original Sirk movies still.

Great film that transplants modern day complexities into the idyllic settings of 1950's films. Actually, it brings to the surface issues that were greatly suppressed, yet existent, in that era. Of course, everyone should know that racial discrimination was both overt and pervasive in every corner of America. But what about homosexuality? Probably so, but hardly tackled by the cinema. Borrowing heavily from Douglas Sirk's 1955 film ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS, starring, ironically, the closet gay Rock Hudson, FAR FROM HEAVEN has a deliciously saturated color palette and languishing camera lens to tease out the storyline. Well-acted by the trio of Moore, Quaid, and Haysbert and a bevy of idiosyncratic bit players, this is one film you shouldn't avoid. ALL THAT HEAVEN was a good template for Haynes to use, as it gave white viewers an opportunity to have a "black experience," by showing the lunacy of discrimination based on things that make no difference. FAR FROM HEAVEN brings that experience to a new level. Six-forked AfroPixFlix says don't let this gem stray far from your queue.

This is honestly one of the worst movies I have watched in a LONG time. I fell asleep about 45 minutes into the movie because I was so bored. I thought this would be a good movie because I remember that it got good reviews after it came out. Well the reviews were wrong. This movie is so incredibly slow, the dialogue is boring, and the acting seems so stiff and forced. The way they portray Julianne Moore as the "average, normal 50's housewife" is totally inaccurate. What did the director think every woman was like June Cleaver then?? I highly doubt that a normal woman acted that way and spoke that way. I mean come on, seriously. It's a shame because this movie maybe could have been saved and made into something watchable if maybe another director had done this movie. This movie is just bad in my opinion. It's only good to watch if you need a sleep-aid.