Film Review of Five People You Meetin Heaven
Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet In Heaven (2004) talks about the journey of a man named Eddie in heaven meeting five people whose lives he has somehow affected. The story takes place in different settings in each of the five people, primarily in heaven. The movie runs in the genre of adult fiction. It is then successful in its genre because the story takes place in heaven which is considered fictitious for adults. The performance of every actors in the film were very excellent and well cast in their roles. The film has strengths which are the meaningful lessons and excellent scenes that will surely touch everyone's heart but merely, it has no weaknesses.
The opening scene of the film happens at Ruby Pier on Eddie's 83rd birthday. It then starts to when he will die and when will his journey in heaven begin. Eddie tried to save a little girl by pushing her out of the path of the falling cart because accidentally on that day, one of the carts breaks free from the ride and falls to the pier. Eddie does not get out of the way causing him to be killed.
Eddie then travels to heaven and meets his first person, the Blue Man in the Ruby Pier Eddie remembers from his childhood. He is the one who informed Eddie that he is going to meet five people in heaven whose lives he has somehow affected. The Blue Man tells Eddie how he is indirectly responsible for his death: When Eddie and Joe was a child, they were playing with a ball that bounced into the street. The Blue Man, driving by, was extremely anxious having almost hit him when Eddie ran into the street to get the ball which caused the Blue Man to drive recklessly and hit another car, which killed him.
The next person he encountered is his former war captain. He meet him on the war ground which resembled that on which he fought during the World War II. Eddie finds out that the Captain sacrificed his own life in order to save him and the soldiers. He also said that he sacrificed Eddie's leg to get him out of the
The opening scene of the film happens at Ruby Pier on Eddie's 83rd birthday. It then starts to when he will die and when will his journey in heaven begin. Eddie tried to save a little girl by pushing her out of the path of the falling cart because accidentally on that day, one of the carts breaks free from the ride and falls to the pier. Eddie does not get out of the way causing him to be killed.
Eddie then travels to heaven and meets his first person, the Blue Man in the Ruby Pier Eddie remembers from his childhood. He is the one who informed Eddie that he is going to meet five people in heaven whose lives he has somehow affected. The Blue Man tells Eddie how he is indirectly responsible for his death: When Eddie and Joe was a child, they were playing with a ball that bounced into the street. The Blue Man, driving by, was extremely anxious having almost hit him when Eddie ran into the street to get the ball which caused the Blue Man to drive recklessly and hit another car, which killed him.
The next person he encountered is his former war captain. He meet him on the war ground which resembled that on which he fought during the World War II. Eddie finds out that the Captain sacrificed his own life in order to save him and the soldiers. He also said that he sacrificed Eddie's leg to get him out of the