Although Cate Blanchett and Gio Ribbisi do competent acting in "Heaven", the movie's premise quickly starts to pull the movie down. Here we're supposed to believe that a school teacher can somehow turn bomber on the idea that a politician/drug-dealer is single-handedly responsible for ruin in her life and school system, and that alone fuels her murderous intentions. It doesn't hold weight for character motivation at all. Meanwhile Ribbisi's character is believable, but the situation becomes down-trodden and clichéd - and the storyline simply throws in the towel towards the end giving up. It is more interested in conveying mood than content. "Heaven" isn't a dud, but a sensationalized romance trying to somehow come across as original in which it fails.
