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  Review by Patrick Willems ★★★★ 4

  Every movie should have a subplot where Charles Grodin keeps trying unsuccessfully to kill the main character

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  Review by matt lynch ★★★

  Warren Beatty's ghost leaves a trail of bodies behind in an attempt to win the Superbowl.

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  Review by Rafael "Parker!!" Jovine ★★★½ 9

  Anchored by a great premise, the film directed by its star (and, as I recently learned, Shirley MacLaine's brother) Warren Beaty and Buck Henry is a sports movie with some charm and an interesting concept that Hollywood has managed to wring out later on, but which unfortunately attempts to tackle too many ideas and clichés in a somewhat uneven way. When our protagonist dies and we get into the murder plot and so on, the sports part becomes so secondary that when it is reintroduced, it felt a little forced to me. Nonetheless, our characters are great, and there are some amusing moments. I must confess that the idea with the plane and everything in the sky was also rather clever.

  All in all, although its handling of the romantic and sporty aspect feels a bit messy, there's enough to love here to warrant a watch.

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  Review by Josh Lewis ★★★ 1

  curious to see a movie with such an absurd premise remain as lowkey as this does. personally prefer the screwball antics and energy of elaine may's A New Leaf which i think would've lent themselves well to some of the sillier elements here (like the thwarted murder subplot) but there's still much to like. beatty especially is very charming and every time he enters a new body but doesn't change his appearance/performance as a good-hearted, can-do football bro (like in the big boardroom scene) it's quite funny watching everyone else react to him. the ending is also very cute. good movie

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  Review by Brianna

  why would they let him keep living if he can’t keep his memories tf kind of logic 😭

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  Review by Josh Gillam ★★★ 2

  When the soul of promising quarterback Joe Pendleton (Warren Beatty) is taken from the afterlife too early by an overcautious angel, he has to find a new body in order to achieve his ambitions of playing in the Super Bowl, falling in love in the process, in this fantasy comedy co-starring Julie Christie, James Mason, Charles Gordon, Dyan Cannon, Buck Henry and Jack Warden.

  The film is an adaptation of the 1938 play by Harry Segal which had been previously filmed in 1941 as Here Comes Mr Jordan, and definitely feels like a throwback to the classic era. Like the comedies of the golden age, the film makes the most of a witty high concept script and a starry cast…

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  Review by Megan Bitchell ★★★★★

  this movie is the best himbo resprentation out there

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  Review by The Reel House ★★★★

  “Haven't you learned the rules of probability and outcome? Aren't you aware that every question of life and death remains a probability until the outcome?” 

  The concept alone is something that we have all seen a dozen times but it is still absolutely genius. A man who died unexpectedly, is given the chance to come back as a different person. The possibilities are endless. 

  The film is directed by Warren Beatty and the fantastic comic screenwriter, Buck Henry. Having seen, Beatty’s second film : ‘Reds’, it is apparent that Beatty’s direction evolved and matured a lot shortly after this. The films direction is good but nothing spectacular. 
  This is Beatty’s and Henry’s directional debut and it is very apparent at…

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  Review by fran hoepfner ★★★½ 3

  told Harris I had to watch all of the Beattys before getting to Bulworth, which I guess just means this + Dick Tracy, but still. eager to delve into whatever the Beatty/Dick Tracy web special nonsense everyone indulges. this is the kind of shit we used to make in this country before someone would post a 19 minute long Youtube video about the interior logic of its afterlife system – stop asking questions about this kind of shit, IT'S JUST LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT'S FUNNY. I love Charles Grodin AND I love Buck Henry.

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  Review by Megan Bitchell ★★★★★

  “They don't have a football team in Heaven, so God couldn't make me first string.” 🥺🥺🥺🥺

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  Review by Aaron Michael ★★★★

  The last ten minutes of this movie take it from good to great.

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  Review by Isy Mac ★★★ 2

  Heaven Can Wait is simple, classic, and a whole lot like its main character: not the smartest one in the room, but without a doubt the sweetest. It's just nice, okay! Kind of like the Golden Retriever of movies, and it pretends to be nothing less.

  Essentially it follows Warren Beatty's Joe, a well-meaning but dopey football player on the brink of achieving his dream of playing quarterback for the Rams when he's shuffled off the mortal coil prematurely by an inexperienced guardian angel. In an attempt to make up for this colossal debacle, Heaven/the film’s nebulous vision of the afterlife gives him a chance to continue his life in another body – except this body previously belonged to a…