Excellent but underrated film

Did you people see the same film I saw?

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Eddie (Jon Voight) is an old man who has spent his whole life doing maintenance at the Ruby Pier amusement park. Today, one of the rides malfunctions and threatens a child's life. As he rushes to save her, he is whisked to Heaven where he meets five people from his past - people he loved and hated, and even one he didn't know at all.I expected this movie to be sappy and maudlin and in a way it was, but it was so well done I was quite moved by it. Eddie's trip to Heaven is much like Scrooge's in "A Christmas Carol," but instead of three ghostly guides, Eddie is met by five people who touched his life or who were affected by his and who ease his transition to the great beyond. It's a fantasy world with frightening war scenes and innocent love scenes, and while I watched I couldn't help but think of my own life, quite ordinary like Eddie's, but who knows how many I have affected for better or worse? I tear up easily at sad movies, but this time I went far beyond sobbing; I wailed the whole time. The movie really got to me. We're all going to find out what death is like someday and I'm more than curious. Also, as I've aged and lost dear ones, I long to see them again. This is a thought-provoking, tender tale that really touched my heart.

I have a confession to make. I'm a cynical person. I've been a cynic for a good part of the past decade. Inside me is not a beating heart but lump of coal, ice cold to the touch long since passed from years of apathy...and then I watched this movie, and now I feel like the friggin' Grinch with a heart 3 times larger.Honestly though, this movie is a tear jerker, but also a thinker. It really makes you ponder about the after-life, but more importantly, it makes you wonder about your past and what ones life means.Throughout the film, Jon Voight's character continuously questions and doubts the meaning of his own existence, and whether it was well spent. the conclusion to it while is no surprise, the journey that he must take to rediscover who he was, who he is, what what his life meant was nothing if not awe inspiring.A quick look at the message board will show that the current highest post count thread in there is "who will be your five people?", perhaps the greatest testament to the power that this film has on lifting the spirit, and the contemplation that this movie invokes.

I substitute teach at a woman's prison and saw "Five People You Meet In Heaven" while there. I watched the movie 4 times in a week when the girls watched it. I liked it so much I bought it and then had to buy a DVD player. It is the first DVD I have owned. I watched it again since then with a friend and she enjoyed it very much. I have told our youth pastor he need to get it and show it to the youth. I know I will watch this movie many more times. I see something I didn't see the first time each time I watch it. I have been trying to think of five people I would see when I get to Heaven. I hope one of them will be my husband of 30 years. He has been gone 20 years.

I have never read the book, nor even heard of the book or this movie before. I saw it on the shelf of a local store selling DVDs last night and the title intrigued me so I bought it. I put the DVD in and began watching it as soon as I got home. It captivated my attention immediately and kept me in my seat the whole time till 12:30am when it finally ended. I caught myself crying several times, mostly near the end. I think everyone can relate to this movie, but I also think that the older you are, the more you will relate to this movie. This movie now goes on my favorite movies list. I will be encouraging my friends to watch it now, it is just that good.