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Down to Earth -- After dying before his time, an aspiring comic gets a second shot at life...by being reincarnated as a wealthy but un-likeable businessman.
Down to Earth -- After dying before his time, an aspiring comic gets a second shot at life...by being reincarnated as a wealthy but un-likeable businessman.
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Directors:
Writers (WGA):
Elaine May (1978 screenplay Heaven Can Wait) and
Warren Beatty (1978 screenplay Heaven Can Wait) ...
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Release Date:
16 February 2001 (USA) See more »
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A story of premature reincarnation.
Plot:
After dying before his time, an aspiring comic gets a second shot at life...by being reincarnated as a wealthy but un-likeable businessman. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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Why oh why do they make things like this? See more (117 total) »

Cast

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Chris Rock ... Lance Barton

Regina King ... Sontee Jenkins

Chazz Palminteri ... King

Eugene Levy ... Keyes
Frankie Faison ... Whitney Daniels

Mark Addy ... Cisco

Greg Germann ... Sklar

Jennifer Coolidge ... Mrs. Wellington

Wanda Sykes ... Wanda

John Cho ... Phil Quon

Mario Joyner ... Apollo M.C.
Bryetta Calloway ... Gospel Singer
Martha Chaves ... Rosa

Brian Rhodes ... Charles Wellington, III

Herb Lovelle ... Trashman
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for language, sexual humor and some drug references.
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87 min
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USA:PG-13 (certificate #38009) | Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-11 | Canada:14A (Manitoba) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Brazil:12 | Germany:6 | Netherlands:AL | Spain:7 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | Singapore:PG
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Trivia:
The comedian Joe Guy in this film is taken from the real-life comedians, brothers Joe Torry and Guy Torry. See more »
Goofs:
Continuity: At the beginning of the day that Sontee and Wellington have their first date, her hair is parted on the right. When she is kneeling down after he gets knocked out, her hair is parted on the left. Later that evening, in front of her apartment, her hair is parted on the right again. See more »
Quotes:
King: I'm a friggin' angel. I can do whatever I want. See more »
Movie Connections:
References Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker (1999) (TV) See more »
Soundtrack:
I Think I Like You See more »

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Why oh why do they make things like this?, 25 May 2002
Author: jimkis-3 from Midwest.

I like Chris Rock, but I feel he is wasted in this film. The idea of remaking Heaven Can Wait is fine, but the filmmakers followed the plot of that turkey too closely. When Eddie Murphy remade Dr. Doolittle and The Nutty Professor, he re-did them totally -- so they became Murphy films/vehicles, not just tepid remakes. That's why they were successful. If Chris had done the same, this could have been a much better film. The few laughs that come are when he is doing his standup routine -- so he might as well have done a concert film. It also would have been much funnier if the white man whose body he inhabits was a truck driver or hillbilly. So why does Hollywood keep making junk like this? Because people go to see it -- because they like Chris Rock. So give Chris a decent script and give us better movies! Don't remake films that weren't that good in the first place!

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