No sooner has David Abbott moved into his sublet apartment in San Francisco when he begins seeing a ghost. He is not scared because he likes what he sees: a beautiful young woman who wants to get his attention in helping her. Since the apartment is a rare find, David decides to stay. Elizabeth, the young woman who comes in and out of his life, seems to be suffering from a case of amnesia because she doesn't seem to remember much of what happened to her.
Elizabeth true identity surfaces casually one day when David enters a fancy restaurant. A man who is having dinner collapses on the floor and Elizabeth guides him to do the appropriate procedure that saves the man's life. It's clear that Elizabeth had been a doctor in a nearby hospital. What David discovers is another Elizabeth in a coma, attached to a respirator. The ambitious Dr. Rushton, who is seen bragging about his new car on the phone has done well when he inherited Elizabeth position.
David falls in love with the ghost who suddenly becomes real and who he plans to help by kidnapping her from a sure death because Elizabeth didn't believe in being kept alive on a respirator.
Mark Waters, a director who seems to deliver good entertaining films, shows, once again, he is a man who clearly knows what to do to make us like his movies. Working with the screen play by Peter Tolan and Leslie Dixon, he creates a romantic film, even if it keeps reminding the viewer of other films with the same premise.
Reese Witherspoon proves once again why she is one of the sunnier stars working in movies these days. She has such an easy time projecting positive vibes into her Elizabeth, that any movie that capitalizes on her presence is a winning one. Mark Ruffalo, another excellent actor, makes the most with his David Abbott. The others in the cast do a great job supporting the stars and include the wonderful Ben Shenkman, Donald Logue and Dina Spybey, among others.
"Just Like Heaven" is a light entertainment enhanced by Reese Witherspoon and expertly directed by Mark Waters.
Elizabeth true identity surfaces casually one day when David enters a fancy restaurant. A man who is having dinner collapses on the floor and Elizabeth guides him to do the appropriate procedure that saves the man's life. It's clear that Elizabeth had been a doctor in a nearby hospital. What David discovers is another Elizabeth in a coma, attached to a respirator. The ambitious Dr. Rushton, who is seen bragging about his new car on the phone has done well when he inherited Elizabeth position.
David falls in love with the ghost who suddenly becomes real and who he plans to help by kidnapping her from a sure death because Elizabeth didn't believe in being kept alive on a respirator.
Mark Waters, a director who seems to deliver good entertaining films, shows, once again, he is a man who clearly knows what to do to make us like his movies. Working with the screen play by Peter Tolan and Leslie Dixon, he creates a romantic film, even if it keeps reminding the viewer of other films with the same premise.
Reese Witherspoon proves once again why she is one of the sunnier stars working in movies these days. She has such an easy time projecting positive vibes into her Elizabeth, that any movie that capitalizes on her presence is a winning one. Mark Ruffalo, another excellent actor, makes the most with his David Abbott. The others in the cast do a great job supporting the stars and include the wonderful Ben Shenkman, Donald Logue and Dina Spybey, among others.
"Just Like Heaven" is a light entertainment enhanced by Reese Witherspoon and expertly directed by Mark Waters.