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Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News: It's not a completely successful endeavor, partly because of obvious marquee casting and a New Age-y finale reminiscent of Thelma & Louise, but it's still quite compelling. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: Some movies suck you in despite their flaws, and Heaven is one such beast. Read more
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: We can argue for eternity if this Heaven is the one Kieslowski dreamed of, but we can be grateful that Tykwer had the courage to climb the ladder Kieslowski left behind. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: If Heaven doesn't quite achieve the transcendent power that Kieslowski might have attained, it comes close. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: Blanchett's performance transcends cultural barriers, and makes the film well worth seeing. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: The story remains so minimal that, ultimately, it just isn't there. Read more
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: Seems to have less to do with lived moral dilemmas than with the smug piety of its makers. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: Both engrossing and moving, a poem about a love that breaks barriers and passes understanding. Read more
Manohla Dargis, Los Angeles Times: Tykwer's surface flash isn't just a poor fit with Kieslowski's lyrical pessimism; it completely contradicts everything Kieslowski's work aspired to, including the condition of art. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Further sad evidence that Tom Tykwer, director of the resonant and sense-spinning Run Lola Run, has turned out to be a one-trick pony -- a maker of softheaded metaphysical claptrap. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: A beautifully designed, lyrical fable of a movie. Read more
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: Mr. Tykwer manages to put his own stamp on Heaven without neglecting the vision of the man who wrote it. Read more
Graham Robinson, L.A. Weekly: Like many of Kieslowski's religious analogies ... this may sound a bit much on paper, but it works like gangbusters in context. Read more
John Anderson, Newsday: You might say Tykwer has done all that Heaven allows, if you wanted to make as anti-Kieslowski a pun as possible. Suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled. Read more
Stephen Holden, New York Times: In Heaven the Australian dramatic chameleon Cate Blanchett gives the most compelling screen performance of her career. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Blanchett's performance confirms her power once again. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: Tykwer is in love with the classic convention of lovers on the lam, but he hasn't worn it out yet. Instead, he consistently renews it. Read more
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle: Blanchett, one of the great actresses working today, is mesmerizing. Read more
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: While we'll never really know what Kieslowski might have made of this ... we can be reasonably certain even he would be moved by what this unlikely young German filmmaker has made of it. Read more
Mike D'Angelo, Time Out: Far more successful, if considerably less ambitious, than last year's Kubrick-meets-Spielberg exercise. Read more
Mike Clark, USA Today: A restrained Ribisi convinces as an Italian, though if ever a movie needed one of the actor's whiny jags to pump it up, this has to be among the rare ones. Read more
J. Hoberman, Village Voice: Read more