Some Kind of Heaven
Behind the gates of a palm-tree-lined fantasyland, three residents and one interloper at America’s largest retirement community strive to find happiness.
- Released: 2021-02-19
- Runtime: 83 minutes
- Genre: Documentaries
- Stars: Dennis Dean, Lynn Henry, Anne Kincer, Reggie Kincer, Gary Schwartz, Barbara Stanton
- Director: Lance Oppenheim
Comments
- sara_almulla - 3 December 2023
Visually pleasing existential crisis
This documentary has been on my list for around 3 years, and I'm so glad I finally got down to watching it. I am only 20 years old, but this film really resonated with me. It was a mind-opening experience that plunged me further into my existential crisis, and which reaffirmed something that I had been in denial of- that nothing stays the same, and that I need to accept this as a fact and eventually embrace it. Though I did appreciate the beauty in this film, it did scare me, and I'm sure I'll be thinking about it and the concept of death further down the road- which is, of course, bittersweet, but a needed intervention. - alan-13529 - 30 October 2021
Where did they find 5 sad people.
So you can make a movie based on the .001% of people in The Villages that are sad. This is not a movie about The Village's. The rest of the people here are happy, and contributed to life and are now enjoying the fruits of their labor.
Where's the part about those that are happy, Those that are playing and dancing. Those that are enjoying the retirement. Those that have something to contribute to society.
There are no vagrants in The Villages. Yes there are widows and widowers, but that is a fact of life. Enjoy the days you have and don't watch this movie.
I'll put this in the worst 3 movies I have ever seen. - chris-58830 - 11 May 2021
Biased and Disappointing
It is a shame the filmmakers didn't contrast the people they profiled - all of whom are suffering - with some of the residents who enjoy their lives at The Villages. As a result, the movie comes off as a cheap hit piece made by people with an agenda. And, though it looked nice, why not use wide screen? Who wants to watch a picture filmed in 4:3 aspect ratio in 2021? Not me.
