| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 30, 2006

Its compelling mix of trial movie, escape movie and unexpected fable ensures the film never feels draggy.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Nov 4, 2002

Heaven doesn't exactly reign on high, but it does make for a soul-searching experience.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 2, 2002

Seems to have less to do with lived moral dilemmas than with the smug piety of its makers.

| Oct 25, 2002

A daunting task -- to realize the work of a dead master -- well done.

Full Review | Oct 24, 2002

Blanchett's performance transcends cultural barriers, and makes the film well worth seeing.

Full Review | Oct 21, 2002

While we'll never really know what Kieslowski might have made of this ... we can be reasonably certain even he would be moved by what this unlikely young German filmmaker has made of it.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 18, 2002

The story remains so minimal that, ultimately, it just isn't there.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 18, 2002

Blanchett, one of the great actresses working today, is mesmerizing.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 18, 2002

Blanchett's performance confirms her power once again.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 18, 2002

Some movies suck you in despite their flaws, and Heaven is one such beast.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 18, 2002

Further sad evidence that Tom Tykwer, director of the resonant and sense-spinning Run Lola Run, has turned out to be a one-trick pony -- a maker of softheaded metaphysical claptrap.

| Original Score: C- | Oct 18, 2002

A beautifully designed, lyrical fable of a movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 18, 2002

Mr. Tykwer manages to put his own stamp on Heaven without neglecting the vision of the man who wrote it.

| Original Score: B | Oct 17, 2002

We can argue for eternity if this Heaven is the one Kieslowski dreamed of, but we can be grateful that Tykwer had the courage to climb the ladder Kieslowski left behind.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Oct 17, 2002

Heaven is odd, and awkward in places, but its lyricism and power stay with you.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 17, 2002

It's not a completely successful endeavor, partly because of obvious marquee casting and a New Age-y finale reminiscent of Thelma & Louise, but it's still quite compelling.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 17, 2002

Both engrossing and moving, a poem about a love that breaks barriers and passes understanding.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 17, 2002

Tykwer is in love with the classic convention of lovers on the lam, but he hasn't worn it out yet. Instead, he consistently renews it.

| Oct 9, 2002

Heaven is a haunting dramatization of a couple's moral ascension.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 4, 2002