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  • 2015
  • PG-13
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 2 h 1 m
  • 2015
  • PG-13
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 2 h 1 m

Summary Don Piper (Hayden Christensen) died Jan. 18, 1989, when a semi-tractor truck crushed his car. Declared dead by the first rescue workers to arrive on the scene, Don’s body lay under a tarp for the next 90 minutes. Don’s soul, meanwhile, was experiencing love, joy and life like he’d never known before. Don was in Heaven. When another past...

Directed By: Michael Polish

Written By: Don Piper, Cecil Murphey, Michael Polish

  • 2015
  • PG-13
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 2 h 1 m
  • 2015
  • PG-13
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 2 h 1 m
90 Minutes in Heaven
Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 13 User Ratings
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Summary Don Piper (Hayden Christensen) died Jan. 18, 1989, when a semi-tractor truck crushed his car. Declared dead by the first rescue workers to arrive on the scene, Don’s body lay under a tarp for the next 90 minutes. Don’s soul, meanwhile, was experiencing love, joy and life like he’d never known before. Don was in Heaven. When another past...

Directed By: Michael Polish

Written By: Don Piper, Cecil Murphey, Michael Polish

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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50
Sep 13, 2015
Christensen underplays throughout 90 Minutes in Heaven, even in scenes when Piper isn’t operating under the influence of painkillers, and his earnestness often comes off as monotonous. Still, he generates interest and sympathy, almost in spite of himself, and Bosworth lends capable support as a loyal spouse.
By Joe Leydon FULL REVIEW
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Sep 9, 2015
The Christian faith-based film genre takes a dramatic leap forward with 90 Minutes in Heaven, a well-appointed work based on Don Piper’s bestseller, that, for a change, doesn’t look and sound as though it was written, performed, and recorded in some church basement.
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Sep 17, 2015
A better title would’ve likely been “121 Minutes in Purgatory,” since that’s essentially where audiences will find themselves residing during the entirety of this dreary slog down a familiar road paved with painfully good intentions.
By Matt Fagerholm FULL REVIEW
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Sep 11, 2015
While 90 Minutes In Heaven has a professional sheen miles above the clunky products peddled by PureFlix (God’s Not Dead) and their ilk, that just makes it duller.
By Vadim Rizov FULL REVIEW
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Sep 11, 2015
It's certainly a moving tale.... Unfortunately, the film tells the story in the most prosaic fashion imaginable, missing nary a single faith-based film cliché with its one-dimensional noble characters, banal dialogue and requisite sermonizing.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
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Sep 10, 2015
Although this well-meaning film may appeal to its intended audience on a spiritual level, the result is a sluggish, clinical, largely dreary portrait that tends to mistake trauma for drama.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
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Sep 10, 2015
Rendering a miraculous premise dull, the film seems relatively uninterested in doing more than preaching to the choir.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Astute Films, Dawn Parouse Productions, Emmett/Furla Oasis Films, Giving Films, Make Pictures
Release Date Sep 11, 2015
Duration 2 h 1 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline Hope lives
Website https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfAvS6h1kwv9Eq6ZfCb8Biw
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