I first heard of Heaven is for Real when I was traveling back from New Jersey to Canada. I'm a fan of the films Never Let Me Go (2010) and The Lovely Bones (2009), and this film seemed to have a similar atmosphere so I picked it up when I got home when I saw it on sale at the drugstore.
What a bad idea! Heaven is for Real had one of those adorably sweet, so much that it's fake and disgusting, characters. A little boy to be exact, who tells his family after recovering from a dangerous operation that he briefly went to heaven and met Jesus. I'm not a religious person so maybe I wasn't understanding the whole "I see the light" concept, but the acting was terrible, the plot unoriginal, the soundtrack entirely unmemorable and it was a waste of time to watch. It was hard to take seriously, especially when the family is named the Burpos. That's right, BURPos. You might as well call them Mr. and Mrs. ChickenNuggets because it was impossible not to laugh at it.
I really don't recommend you waste your time or money on this film. I just sold mine online and bought a ton of books instead of keeping the DVD, it was a horrible film and a certain waste of space.
What a bad idea! Heaven is for Real had one of those adorably sweet, so much that it's fake and disgusting, characters. A little boy to be exact, who tells his family after recovering from a dangerous operation that he briefly went to heaven and met Jesus. I'm not a religious person so maybe I wasn't understanding the whole "I see the light" concept, but the acting was terrible, the plot unoriginal, the soundtrack entirely unmemorable and it was a waste of time to watch. It was hard to take seriously, especially when the family is named the Burpos. That's right, BURPos. You might as well call them Mr. and Mrs. ChickenNuggets because it was impossible not to laugh at it.
I really don't recommend you waste your time or money on this film. I just sold mine online and bought a ton of books instead of keeping the DVD, it was a horrible film and a certain waste of space.