Some Kind of Heaven - Movie about The Villages Florida
 

I've see people looking for the movie Some Kind of Heaven. This is movie about the Villages. It will be available from November 5 to 8, 2020 via the Denver Film Festival. I believe the cost to stream will be $15.

Some Kind of Heaven - Official Trailer - YouTube

Thanks for the information.

'Some Kind of Heaven': Film Review | Sundance 2020 | Hollywood Reporter

Thanks but I’ll pass I live here!

I'll pass also, the trailer made me cringe a little. Maybe for $2 I'd watch it out of one eye half closed. :D

Sounds like th sort of film you watch with a pilow in front of your face, or from behind the sofa.
....and then deny ever watching it!!

After reading the review, it is not worth $15. I will wait for the Netflix premiere.

Heaven Movie
 

If your looking for a movie about "Heaven" I recommend "One Foot in Heaven" it is a great and one of the best to show what life was like in a Methodist Parsonage in the 1930's. It truly represents that life. It is never for sale and only shown once in a great while but it is really terrific..The lead is Fredrick March. :pray:

Actually it's considered a documentary so maybe it will eventually be free on CuriosityStream.com.

I agree with the comments. Looks kinda lame and admittedly looks at the fringes.
I had been looking forward it, but no longer. I’ll catch it eventually, but not paying for it. BTW, I was ready to rent it when it came out, but no longer am interested.

The director is 24 yrs old from Ft Lauderdale it’s a documentary he does these for all kinds of communities ! It’s probably nauseating

How do you d you see a trailer? I can't find it in the ad.

According to the review the director of it featured 2 couples. One couple married for 47 years the husband waiting on his court date for cocaine possession. Another feature is a woman looking to find a mate at the evening music dancing. The best is a couple who parked their RV in the villages. I’m wondering how the Morse family will like this portrayal? Can’t stop laughing considering all of the special people here !

This is so lame I wouldn't be interested in seeing it for free!

The actual trailer seems to have been removed from where it was originally posted after the Sundance Film Festival but check this out: New Zealand International Film Festival - Some Kind of Heaven | Film Introduction | Facebook

$15 is a lot to stream a movie. Usually, you can purchase a digital copy of a movie for that amount.

kathy

As I recall, the movie featured a couple where the husband decided to go wild after moving to the villages. A widow is financially unable to move back to her former town and a guy living in his van who is looking for an attractive wealthy woman to take him in.

Obviously, showing happy, satisfied residents wouldn't get many viewers.

The director made a short film about a guy who lived on Royal Caribbean cruise ships and it seemed pretty fair.

It’s 4 different stories.

New documentary about us – official trailer.
 

Hey folks – looks like that film about us from earlier this year is finally coming out in January. The trailer was just released: Some Kind of Heaven - Official Trailer - YouTube

Not sure how I feel... looks more like Twin Peaks than TV.

"Keep On Truckin!"

I may get drunk one evening, and watch it from behind the sofa, with a pillow in front of my face.
Couldn't do it sober!

I love the preview and I really look forward to purchasing the movie.

Since it is a preview of an upcoming movie, why do they call it a 'trailer'? Sometimes I just don't understand the words young'uns use these days.

I read recently that they are called trailers because the previews used to be shown at the end of the movie.

I am looking forward to watching this when it becomes available.

Looks like it could be a cynical take on TV, but I’ll most certainly watch it.

I saw it, you are correct, it is nauseating.

I haven't seen it yet, probably will see it. I think the trailer doesn't do it justice, from what I've heard from people who have actually seen it.

Basically - the concept is that yes, TV really is an awesome place to live, for most people. And while they show you how awesome it is, to most people, they will show you the stories of a very few people who it is NOT awesome for, and why it isn't awesome for them.

As you said - it wouldn't be all that interesting if it was just featuring awesomeness. It'd just be a travelogue or an epically long commercial, if it didn't show the shadier side.

It's playing at the Epic theater in Ocala all this week.
Saw the Sunday matinee, that theater is super clean and sanitized, with very comfortable seating.
The movie does lean towards a documentary, however there is some vintage clips of Harold Schwartz during the grand opening of Spanish Springs town Square, very interesting.
The movie in itself....very dark, left the theater feeling quite sad for the folks portrayed.
Not a feel good flick ~

You don’t have to wait for Netflix you can see something like this on any number of reality shows that people watch every night on TV and please let’s not say I want to watch because I can see the opening of Spanish springs let be honest you want to see the the misfortunes of these people and be glad your not them , I feel sorry for these people , but they are not alone there are many like them to many

Roger Ebert seems to think that it's about The Villages

Some Kind of Heaven movie review (2021) | Roger Ebert

Well, the most interesting thing is that Roger Ebert “thinks”, since he has been in The Villages in the Sky for almost eight years. :icon_wink:

OK,
RogerEbert.com thinks.

After seeing this movie , I wanted to end it! Probably the worst movie I ever saw in my life! The Villages have so many Positive Things going on here but this 23 year old kid producer decided to take advantage of a few people who are down on their luck! We streamed it off Amazon Prime!

Ebert
 

Ebert's reviews are pretty good, considering he's dead guy.

You can watch it cheaper on Amazon. My recommendation ... save your money

This movie is streaming for $6.99-$7.99 depending on which service you want to pay for it on. It was a terrible depiction of The Villages and the producer prayed on a woman in depression who lost her husband recently, a drug abuser with a spouse who was the enabler, and a loser who lived in his van looking to find a rich "chick" he could move in with. Total waste of money and time. Interestingly enough, the man living in his van has allegedly been spotted entertaining in The Villages and may actually own a house here. The whole thing was a made up piece of trash in my humble opinion, created to make a few bucks for the producer. Save your money.

I think it's on YouTube already

My husband and I saw it with other family members before we moved to TV. The characters and lifestyle portrayed were pretty pathetic, even laughable at times. We moved here nonetheless and are thankfully finding a totally different reality from the film.

Proof positive that people worrying about someone choosing to/not to live in the Villages based off a movie about a singular handful of people in a community of over 100,000 had nothing to worry about.

I believe the movie portrayed that life in the villages. That its not some type of utopic of the great life. People still have problems. You have the wife dealing with the crazy off the wall husband. The woman who's husband dies and appear to be struggling financially , being alone and adjusting being single. The homeless van guy I am not sure how he fits in with the villages. Maybe he thought there a lot of old rich single women looking for someone like him. If he was a real person living in his van, how was he getting away with using recreation facilities without community watch after him?. He should watch the movie Nomad

I meant to say in my first line is that life in the villages are not as perfect as people think.

are you thinking of Gene Schalit?

Sorry I didn't keep track of the names of the character. So I don't which 1 was Gene