Heaven (2002)
Starring Cate Blanchett and Giovanni Ribisi
Directed by Tom Tykwer
***This film is currently streaming on Netflix***
Whereas director Tom Tykwer's
Run Lola Run is a nonstop frenetic ride, his
Heaven is the complete opposite. Moving at a snail's pace, the ninety-five minutes of this tale which focuses on a British woman named Phillipa (Cate Blanchett) enacting revenge on the drug dealer who killed her husband felt like an eternity at moments. It's a shame because the film starts out incredibly promisingly with what is a criminal act gone wrong (told in a methodical tension-building manner), but Tykwer can't keep me interested in the slightest in the remaining eighty-five minutes once Phillipa gets caught by the Italian government and eventually begins a relationship with one of her guards, Fillipo (Giovanni Ribisi). Despite some decent performances, I just couldn't get into this one and the ending was just too pretentious to satisfy.
The RyMickey Rating: D
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