The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Film Review)

Review Summary
In the DVD Verdict Review by Judge David Packard he says that he was amazed at the actors and how wonderful they did. He also stated that near the end of the film, where Eddie met the fifthh peron, he was amazed at how the fifth person was relevant to his life. He felt that the scene with the fifth person was very sweet and heart warming. Even though he had mostly nice things to say about the film he felt that some of the narration may have been obvious and unnessasary. His example was the scene where Eddie and the rest of the soldiers were walking through the jungle with riffles in their hand ready to fire and the narrator says "War changes men. It fills them with fear, with courage, with a sense of adventure. Eddie had wanted to see a world beyond Ruby Pier. And for a while, he did." Judge David Packard felt that this quote was unnessasary because it was a very obvious statement. Overall, he felt that The Five People You Meet in Heaven was a nice movie.

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I agree with almost everything that Judge David Packard said. I was amazed at the ending when Eddie finally saw that the fifth person he met in heaven was the little girl that he thought he saw in the fire. Even after reading the book, I still felt that this was a very powerful scene in the movie. I do not agree with him when he says that the narration was obvious and unnessasary. I felt that the narration was on point, and very much needed. Without the obvious narration the scene would have been really quiet and awkward in a way. I personally felt that the film was very well organized and put together.