A Little Trip to Heaven (2005)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.1/10   

Director:

Baltasar Kormákur

Escritores:

Baltasar Kormákur (writer)
Edward Martin Weinman (co-writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

26 diciembre 2005 (Iceland)

Género:

Drama | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

There is no such thing as a no fault death.

Plot:

A husband and wife tangle with an investigator over her dead brother's million-dollar insurance policy.

Plot Keywords:

Life Insurance | Car Accident | Fraud | Snow | Bathing

Premios:

4 wins & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Excellent film noir

Reparto

Maria Fernandez Ache	...	Mrs. Rodriguez (as Maria Fernandez-Ache)
Kharl Anton Leigh	...	Young Boy Rodriguez
Peter Coyote	...	Frank
Forest Whitaker	...	Abe Holt
Juan Carlos Pardo Pardo	...	Mr. Rodriguez
Damon Younger	...	Long Haired Man
Jeremy Renner	...	Fred
Joanna Scanlan	...	Josie
Iddo Goldberg	...	Russle
Philip Jackson	...	William
Julia Stiles	...	Isold
Alfred Harmsworth	...	Thor
Vladas Bagdonas	...	Coroner
Felix Eyjólfsson	...	Auto Machanic
Margrét Ólafsdóttir	...	Elderly lady in the Park

También conocida como:

Un viaje al cielo (Argentina) (cable TV title) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some violence and disturbing images.

Duración:

90 min (25 fps) | Canada:98 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

País:

Iceland | USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Iceland:14 | Netherlands:12 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Finland:K-15 | Norway:15 | USA:R | Australia:M | Argentina:13 | UK:15 (2007) | Singapore:NC-16 | Germany:12

Locaciones de Filmación:

Hastings, Minnesota, USA

Compañía:

Blueeyes Productions

Excellent film noir

I love the characters that Forest Whitaker usually portrays in his movies: soft einzelgangers who are balancing on the thin line between good and evil. In this flick he's playing an agent for an insurance company who tries to dodge off the claims of their clients. He does a pretty swell job, scrupulous and efficient. But then he stumbles upon a messed up couple who are trying to file a claim over a dead brother. Our protagonist feels that there is something wrong, and he dives in the lives of the two to find any sleaze and dirt. And, as expected , he does find something that can stir things up.

This movie reminded me of ''Fargo'' and '' A simple plan ''. Like in those flicks, ''A little trip...'' deals with the brutalities that people will do to each other out of pure greed. It's also about the cruel way of thinking that a life insurance can make up for the loss of a human life, and how insurance companies like you to believe that. It's a modern film noir with an excellent cast, a beautiful soundtrack and atmospheric sequences in the rain or snow. Maybe the tone is a bit too sad and nihilistic for the big crowd, it definitely deserves more than the meager 6 it's receiving here.