First-time feature director Lance Oppenheim cracks the manicured façade of The Villages, America’s largest retirement community - a massive, self-contained utopia located in Central Florida. Behind the gates of this palm tree-lined fantasyland, Some Kind of Heaven invests in the dreams and desires of a small group of Villages residents - and one interloper - who are unable to find happiness within the community’s pre-packaged paradise. With strikingly composed cinematography, this candy-colored documentary offers a tender and surreal look at the never-ending quest for finding meaning and love in life’s final act.
Behind the gates of a palm-tree-lined fantasyland, three residents and one interloper at America’s largest retirement community strive to find happiness.
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DepressingI gave it two stars because I really don’t know the reason or point of the documentary . . . unless it is to depress you. I thought it would be a documentary about the Villages and interesting stories or profiles of people. What it ended up being was a movie that followed the stories of several people in very depressing situations that left me wondering what the point was for the movie. And there was no update or conclusion at the end - very unsatisfying..Score: 2/5
Best documentary I’ve ever seenThis is a must watch.Score: 5/5
Like a visit to the villages... boring.Don’t waste your money..Score: 1/5
IncredibleLoved every minute. Very well crafted..Score: 5/5
A look behind the facadeVery well made documentary. The film isn’t a documentary on The Villages as much as it is a look about life in your senior years and that what may seem like paradise depends on the person and that “Disneyland” is not for everyone. It’s not a marketing film or a feel good story about aging but rather an expose of life’s challenges as you get older..Score: 5/5
Loved it!So many interesting people and so well put together..Score: 5/5
Had higher expectationsThe subject community and the people profiled could have yielded a much richer story but it seemed like just a drive-by on Interstate 75. Frankly, the people profiled and their stories could have played out virtually anywhere in America so the setting of The Villages seemed somewhat irrelevant to the story. The opportunity was here for a much better film..Score: 2/5
Some Kind of HeavenA number of years ago, Disney opened a “planned community” in Florida called Celebration; which didn’t quite work out as planned and Disney eventually cut their losses and sold Celebration off. I was expecting this documentary to focus on “The Villages”, which seemed to me like Celebration for seniors, and on steroids. Instead, it focused on the trials of a lonely widow, a couple of dysfunctional couples, and what was basically a wannabe gigolo living out of his camper van. It wasn’t a BAD movie, but rather than focus on “the Villages” (for better or for worse), its main interest was on these individuals; who could have been living anywhere in the country. It was only incidental that they were all located within the compound of the Villages. Frankly, I was disappointed....Score: 2/5
Well made but very depressingI was hoping to learn more about this strange place and all the crazy activities that I hear go on there, but instead we are introduced to the strangest 4 people, might I say losers and follow them around for 1.2 hours. You leave feeling better about your self and a ‘that could never happen to me in retirement’ thinking but wake up later in a cold sweat scared to death that it could happen to any of us..Score: 3/5
Ignore the bad reviewsAnyone upset about the “sad stories” seem to be missing the point entirely..Score: 5/5
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