Heaven Can Wait: Critic Reviews

There's nothing worse than a pushy narrative.

This is the kind of upbeat screwball comedy Hollywood used to do smoothly and well.

It's certainly likable enough and was a big hit when it came out, but one could hardly call it an auspicious artistic debut -- a crafty commercial entertainment with a certain amount of intelligence is more like it.

Supremely produced, this whimsical romantic comedy served as star vehicle for Julie Christie and especially Warren Beatty, who made an impressive co-directing debut with Buck Henry; the film deservedly won the Oscar for Art Direction.

There are a few laughs from Grodin and Cannon, but Beatty and Christie are like 400-pound gorillas chasing a milkweed seed.

Frivolous and amusing in spots.

The film drags its feet uncertainly from beginning to end.

A comedy classic.....if you've never seen it, you have to ask yourself...why?

Heaven Can Wait shines in almost every department: it in one of those rare movies that deserves to be seen again and again.

Unnecessary, charmless remake of Here Comes Mr.Jordan.

God, how I love this movie.

It may not have had quite the resonance of Beatty's earlier work, but Heaven Can Wait is a smart, likeable 1970s comedy with a heart.

Beatty's best comedy.

A sweet, unassuming, heartfelt delight that will make you laugh and probably leave you a little wistful.