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Can't Be Heaven

1999 American film

Can't Be Heaven (also known as Forever Together) is a 1999 American comedy-drama film directed by Richard Friedman. The film stars Ralph Macchio and Bryan Burke.[1][2] The film was loosely based on the 1968 movie Blackbeard's Ghost.[citation needed]

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Plot

Danny, is a young student in middle school. He starts to develop feelings for his best friend, Julie. However a new student by the name of Archie comes in and sweeps Julie off her feet. Danny flees to the graveyard where his father is buried and talks to him about his problems. He soon comes across Hubbie the Ghost, who helps Danny with his girl problems. As a former living person from the 1930s, Hubbie, gives Danny his advice. The advice repeatedly backfires, always leaving Danny depressed. Danny soon learns that Hubbie once had a former lover before dying in an accident. Danny and Julie end up together at a school dance and Hubbie re-connects with his former love with the help of Danny.

Cast

Releases

The film was first released in 1999 on DVD by Ardustry Home Entertainment, and re-released in 2009 by Mill Creek Entertainment.[3]

Reception

TV Guide praised the film as an imaginative and refreshing look at adolescent romance, writing that it was "an amusing coming of age story far above the run-of-the-mill teen fare churned out in abundance".[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Bertrand, Merle (January 9, 2001). "FOREVER TOGETHER (CAN'T BE HEAVEN)". Film Threat. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  2. [2]
    Scheib, Richard. "CAN'T BE HEAVEN aka FOREVER TOGETHER". moria.co.nz. Moria. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  3. [3]
    Deming, Mark. "Forever Together (1999)". All Movie Guide. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  4. [4]
    Liebling, Rachel. "Forever Together Review". TV Guide. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
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