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Synopsis: It seems everyone is trying to get into heaven; at least those whose time is up. For Lance Barton, a struggling comedian and bicycle messenger, it's the last thing on his mind. His due date upstairs is 50 years away. In the meantime, he's got big dreams to pursue on Earth, such as landing a slot at the final Amateur Night Contest at the famed Apollo Theatre. Lance's has one little problem though - he ain't that funny. Thanks to an over-cautious emissary from heaven, Mr. Keyes, he's going to get hit (literally) with a much bigger problem. Showing that even God has difficulty finding good help these days, the inept minion mistakenly plucks Lance from a traffic accident - before it takes place. Transporting him to the Pearly Gates, or more accurately, the velvet roped-lines of the hottest club around, the error is finally addressed by Mr. King, the streetwise, no-nonsense head angel who manages the place from his plush windowed office. Since returning to his own body on Earth is impossibl
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Director(s): Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Production: Paramount Pictures
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.4
Metacritic:
32
Rotten Tomatoes:
20%
PG-13
Year:
2001
87 min
$63,095,559
Website
418 Views


- Hey, it's your call. | - Hey, Joey.

- Hello. | - Hey, Joey, help me. I can't-

He's perfect.

Picky, picky. | Really picky.

Man! Who lives here?

Charles Wellington, | the 15th richest man in America.

He owns sporting teams, | cable companies,

health insurance companies, | you name it.

Just finished building this high-tech | penthouse controlled by supercomputers.

If I don't like the body, | can I keep the crib?

Wait a- How'd you do that?

I'm a friggin' angel. | I can do whatever I want.

What is it?

Cocktails, madame.

Oh, yes. Yes, of course. | Thank you, Wanda.

It's my pleasure, | Mrs. Wellington.

- Is that the guy? | - No.

That's Winston Sklar, | Wellington's private secretary.

They're waiting for Wellington's body | to be discovered.

- What are you talking about? What? | - They're trying to kill him.

- We gotta do something! | - Thank you, Wanda.

"Thank you, Wanda. "

Who the hell she think she is? | You frigid, stuck-up b*tch.

If you really want to thank me, | get that cheap-ass husband of yours...

to pay me a decent wage.

One more face-lift, that | b*tch gonna be fartin' out her nose.

Why haven't they found him yet?

I'm a murderer. I'm a dirty murderer. | I should be punished.

Punish me.

Oh, I'll punish you.

Lance.

Call the cops. | Call the cops. Call the cops.

I was on vacation | and that Wellington...

flew me in | from North Carolina...

- Call the police. Call the cops. | - to change the channel on the TV.

Call the cops. 9-1-1. 9-1-1.

- You're damn right I was mad! | - Mamacita, nueve,

- I had tickets to go see the O'Jays. | - uno, uno.

Nueve, uno, uno.

Where's the phone? Where's the phone?

No can do, Lance. The phone company | doesn't provide service to dead people.

You wanna make a call, | get a body.

Well, find me another body. I don't | want anything to do with these freaks.

I am here to see Mr. Wellington, | and I'm not leaving until I see him.

- Allow me to speak to Mr. Wellington. | - Yes, you let him know I'm here.

- Mr. Sklar, sir? | - Yeah, Cisco?

It's, uh, Miss Jenkins again, sir. | She insists on seeing Mr. Wellington.

I'm sorry to bust in like this. | Well, actually I'm not.

That's her. | That's the girl.

Hey, remember me?

On the bike. | Run over?

No, that's allright, Miss Jenkins.

So, what can we do for you?

Well, I just wanted to say | that I think you should be arrested.

Holy crap.

What you're planning to do to the | Brooklyn Community Hospital is criminal.

Oh, so you mean that-

You throw those words around like that. | "Arrested. " It kind of hit me.

That really- Ooh!

I don't think there's | anything funny about this.

I work at the Brooklyn | Community Hospital.

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Christopher Julius Rock is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer and director. After working as a stand-up comedian and appearing in supporting film roles, Rock came to wider prominence as a cast member of Saturday Night Live in the early 1990s. more…

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