The Edge of Heaven
User Score
8.9 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 26 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 26
  3. Negative: 1 out of 26

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  1. ElliottM
    Dec 23, 2008
    10
    Far and away the best thing I saw in 2008. Still can't stop thinking about it.
  2. SM
    Dec 31, 2008
    10
    You won't regret watching this. Promise!!
  3. FreddyL
    Jan 19, 2009
    10
    While I was bothered by the "see how it all fits together" narrative in other films, such as "Crash", and "Babel", here it works out well, in an impressive and very moving film.
  4. RobertI.
    Jun 21, 2008
    9
    Intertwining of people and places, with verisimilitude in the weaving, mixing human dignity and decency and desire. All that's missing is a gifted cinematographic eye, which would have raised the scenes to a 10.
  5. nutterjr
    May 11, 2013
    9
    A number of people started comparing The Edge of Heaven to Babel/Crash and other vertebrate type storylines alike. And even though there is a structural resemblance, the director Akin, a prodigy of immigration himself, makes a movie oozing nostalgia for home; in one thread home is the love of one's life, in another it is the country of origin, in the other one the bosom of a woman, and in another belonging to a cause. Notable mention should be made to the exceptional editing which invariably adds irony and suspense.… Expand
  6. mubagreen
    Aug 25, 2011
    10
    what can i say about this movie .whether its music or cinematography or acting or editing .everything in the movie is top notch.the theme of the movie forgiveness is very divine. fatih akin handles this multidimensional subject with great care and it surpasses the film babel in one way 'simplicity'

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Metascore
85 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 26 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    75
    Intermittently powerful drama explores a cross-cultural estrangement.
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  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    60
    Like a more personal, less pretentious version of Alejandro González Iñárritu's "Babel," this spiraling dissection of circumstance, choice and fate is more about thoroughness of vision than tricky storytelling.
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  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    75
    All too often, films about interconnected lives stumble under the weight of coincidences. Not The Edge of Heaven.
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