America’s seniors have discovered the fountain of youth. It’s in The Villages, FL. With SOME KIND OF HEAVEN, first-time feature director Lance Oppenheim cracks the manicured facade of The Villages, America’s largest retirement community – a massive, self-contained utopia located in Central Florida. Behind the gates of this palm tree-lined fantasyland, SOME KIND OF HEAVEN invests in the dreams and desires of a small group of Villages residents – and one interloper – who are unable to find happiness within the community’s pre-packaged paradise. With strikingly composed cinematography, this candy-colored documentary offers a tender and surreal look at the never-ending quest for finding meaning and love in life’s final act.
- Director: Lance Oppenheim
- Country: USA
- Genre: Documentary
- Year: 2021
- Run Time: 01:21:00
- imdb Score: 7.7/10 (81 votes)
- Language: English
- Rating: Not Rated
- Cast:
Dennis Harvey - VARIETY
"There's a lot of dancing in this movie, and it turns out that watching old people dance in an authentic way is really enjoyable."
Beandrea July - HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"A tragicomic ... combination of "The Stepford Wives" and an Errol Morris movie, it's one of the best documentaries you'll see this year."
Cameron Meier - ORLANDO WEEKLY
"I hazard to think that the film's mutual curiosity gives Some Kind of Heaven its vivifying spirit, that transforms what might have been familiarly charming and smirkily knowing into something more troubling, elusive, and enduring."
Eric Hynes - FILM COMMENT MAGAZINE
Philadelphia Film Festival 2020
Best Documentary Feature
Best Documentary Feature 2020
Int'l Film Festival Rotterdam 2020
La Roche-sur-Yon Film Festival 2020
New Zealand Int'l Film Festival 2020
MoMA Documentary Fortnight 2020
Nyon Film Festival 2020
Florida Film Festival 2020
Atlanta Film Festival 2020