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  • 2021
  • RLJ Entertainment
  • 2 h
  • 2021
  • RLJ Entertainment
  • 2 h

Summary After serving twelve years for armed robbery, Jimmy gets an early parole. Upon his release from prison he vows to give Annie, his childhood love, now dying from cancer, the best year of her life. The best last year of her life. If only life were that simple.

Directed By: Aharon Keshales

Written By: Navot Papushado, Kai Mark, Aharon Keshales

  • 2021
  • RLJ Entertainment
  • 2 h
  • 2021
  • RLJ Entertainment
  • 2 h

South of Heaven

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
42
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings
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Summary After serving twelve years for armed robbery, Jimmy gets an early parole. Upon his release from prison he vows to give Annie, his childhood love, now dying from cancer, the best year of her life. The best last year of her life. If only life were that simple.

Directed By: Aharon Keshales

Written By: Navot Papushado, Kai Mark, Aharon Keshales

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
42
20% Positive
2 Reviews
60% Mixed
6 Reviews
20% Negative
2 Reviews

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Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
42
20% Positive
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60% Mixed
6 Reviews
20% Negative
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67
Oct 6, 2021
So often, romance subplots in Texas noir feel like afterthoughts, there to increase a little bit of tension. But South of Heaven’s most meaningful moments are in the interplay between Lilly and Sudeikis as the star-crossed lovers with time most definitely not on their side.
By Richard Whittaker FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 12, 2021
South of Heaven is the type of film that’s good enough to make you wish it were better, its problematic whole being less than the sum of its admirable parts.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 12, 2021
Perhaps that’s the point: selfish men do selfish things while the people they love pay the price. That’s a lesson. And it might have worked if not for the sunny, hopeful air of its surrounding package. South of Heaven isn’t dark enough to buy that as its intent.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW
42
Oct 12, 2021
The only bright spot about the odd timing of South of Heaven is that it’s so obviously a relic of pre-pandemic Hollywood, one that hopefully will stop making lifeless thrillers full of hackneyed dialogue and formulaic action.
By Jude Dry FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 12, 2021
The movie gives Jason Sudeikis a chance to act without the safety net of comedy, and he proves that he’s got the right stuff. But next time he needs to do it in a movie that offers the safety net of believability.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
38
Oct 8, 2021
Written and directed by Aharon Keshales, whose debut (2010's Rabies) was an attention-getting nail-biter, South of Heaven—with a couple of exceptions—is inert and unimaginative.
By Sheila O'Malley FULL REVIEW
30
Oct 7, 2021
Presumably, Sudeikis took this job to prove his dramatic skills, and he does deserve credit for achieving that goal. What he’s never able to generate, though, is a compelling case for the movie itself.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW

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4.2
17% Positive
1 Rating
50% Mixed
3 Ratings
33% Negative
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33% Negative
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Production Company Arts District Entertainment, Good Wizard, Media Finance Capital, Swiss Avenue Pictures
Release Date Oct 8, 2021
Duration 2 h
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Website https://deadline.com/2019/11/jason-sudeikis-evangeline-lilly-board-thriller-till-death-big-bad-wolves-director-cinestate-1202779442/
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Awards

AFIN International Film Festival
• 5 Wins & 7 Nominations

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