The Other Side of Heaven
Walt Disney Home Video | Release Date: April 12, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
11
Negative:
3
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63
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
It is inspirational in characterizing how people from such diverse cultures share the same human and spiritual needs. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneRobert K. Elder
Captures a breathtaking exotic landscape cluttered only by the smugness of its characters. Read full review
60
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
A tad preachy and more than a little bit sanctimonious. Read full review
50
VarietyScott Foundas
Rousing, family-friendly item has a big, epic look and state-of-the-art visual effects, which help to make pic -- a high-profile example of the mainstreaming of Christian entertainment. Read full review
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
Easier to sit through than the typical, earnest Christian movie. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyChris Willman
Slick, fact-based, missionary-themed drama. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
Handsome and sincere but slightly awkward in its combination of entertainment and evangelical boosterism. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Earnest, fact-based drama is marred only by the fact that it wants desperately to save your soul.
40
Los Angeles TimesJan Stuart
The whole trippy experience is like being held at gunpoint by a Jehovah's Witness at the front door while George Gobel holds forth in the living room on Nickelodeon. Read full review
40
Village VoiceEd Park
Strangely coy about its denominational allegiance. Read full review
40
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Movies don't get much more wholesome and earnest than The Other Side Of Heaven, a handsomely mounted but empty-headed drama that attempts to do for fresh-faced Mormon missionaries what Top Gun did for cocky fighter pilots. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyRon Stringer
A fine specimen of clean-cut Mormon family entertainment, but it may also be a step in the wrong direction for the fledgling production company. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
The film looks great and makes sophisticated use of digital effects. Read full review
38
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
The film is supposed to be about tolerance, but the only acceptance comes in terms of how the islanders accept the Mormon teachings. Somehow, that doesn't quite feel divine. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderJoshua Rothkopf
Suffers from suspense-killing righteousness. Read full review
10
The New York TimesStephen Holden
What sets this syrupy swatch of kitsch apart from other films peddling a dogmatic religious agenda is the serious money that obviously went into it. Read full review
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