The stale premise, combined with the leads’ typecasting, makes for an eminently forgettable date movie.

| Jun 28, 2022

...a predominantly forgettable (and thoroughly generic) romcom...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 2, 2022

It's not like it reinvents the wheel... but I think it is so heartwarming and such a good example of how to do romantic comedy right.

| Jun 27, 2019

Just Like Heaven is a typical romantic comedy that stumbles on the problems of being not particularly funny or interesting. It could have been truly heartwarming, but is so heavy handed here that the final result is merely sentimental pap.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Mar 29, 2011

Just Like Heaven" perpetuates the Frisco curse that not one great movie has been made in the hilly city since Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo in 1958.

| Original Score: D | Jun 15, 2009

Kudos to Witherspoon and Ruffalo for generating enough screen chemistry to insure a teary-eyed finale that'll make you forget the fact that you're watching a shameless rip-off.

| Original Score: 4/4 | May 28, 2007

One of the best times I've had at the movies in a while. It's not perfect. It's not very deep. But it's a whole lot of fun and even a little moving.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 25, 2006

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 1, 2006

While the picture adheres to romantic-comedy formula, it's not entirely formulaic, and the actors, who appear to be having fun, give it a bright and undeniable appeal.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 7, 2006

Um filminho simpático protagonizado por dois atores carismáticos. E, ainda assim, não é um bom sinal que eu esteja utilizando a palavra 'filminho' para descrevê-lo.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 22, 2005

Like a romantic comedy Chinese dinner. You watch it, and an hour later you are hungry again for a romantic comedy.

| Original Score: C | Dec 22, 2005

There's also strong support from Donal Logue (as David's best friend Jack) and Jon Heder, who proves there's life after Napoleon Dynamite with an amusing comic turn as a supernatural bookseller who agrees to help David.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 22, 2005

There are parts of the film that engage and others that are just plain silly. Pity. With a better script, Just Like Heaven just might have been a winner.

Full Review | Dec 16, 2005

The quintessential lightweight date movie.

Full Review | Dec 15, 2005

... it is refreshing to see a love story played out with sincerity.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 13, 2005

With apologies to The Cure... 'Show me show me show me/ How you make a flick/ That has a hackneyed theme,' she said.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

...it balances humor and poignancy in a way that's far from comatose.

Full Review | Nov 9, 2005

This trifling love story is thoroughly ridiculous but still surprisingly enjoyable

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 30, 2005

Witherspoon and Ruffalo have some real sparks. Satisfying and sweet

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 30, 2005

When my body and spirit decide to go their separate ways, I want to be perky and beautiful like Reese Witherspoon in Just Like Heaven.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 17, 2005