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About the movie
Year
2001
Runtime
1 h 35 min
Genre
Comedy
Countries
Spain, France, Italy, Mexico
Director
Writer
Plotline
Two angels, one from the heaven and one from the hell, come to earth to save the soul of a boxer.
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Main cast
Victoria Abril
Lola Nevado
Penélope Cruz
Carmen Ramos
Demián Bichir
Manny
Fanny Ardant
Marina D'Angelo
Juan Echanove
Supermarket Manager
Gael García Bernal
Davenport
Emilio Gutiérrez Caba
Police Chief
Cristina Marcos
Police Officer
Gemma Jones
Nancy
Bruno Bichir
Eduardo
Elena Anaya
Pili
Peter McDonald
Henry
Alicia Sánchez
Checkout Girl
Luis Tosar
Police Officer
Elsa Pataky
Waitress in Hell
Ángel Alcázar
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External critics' reviews
L.A. Weekly David Chute
Perhaps only a filmmaker from a country steeped in Catholicism could turn out a consistently sharp and profane "divine comedy" (the title means "blessed hell") that is also, for the most part, theologically correct. more
New York Daily News Jami Bernard
A stylish comedy low on amusement but high on sensuality. more
Portland Oregonian Kim Morgan
Short on both life and laughs. more
TV Guide Ken Fox
It's hard to care even just a little when you have no idea what's at stake or why, be it Heaven or Hell. more
Chicago Reader Ted Shen
The color-coded cinematography is nice but the jokes are obvious and the dialogue drags whenever metaphysics gets brought up. more
Chicago Tribune Ellen Fox
If the filmmakers wanted to talk so much, they should have just gotten together for a long, anecdote-filled, wine-soaked Spanish dinner party and amused themselves. more
New York Post Lou Lumenick
What starts as a fairly lighthearted satire ends in a tiresome, ultra-violent shootout -- and the film pretty much throws away the possibilities of Cruz's gender-bending role. more
The A.V. Club Keith Phipps
This must all make sense to Yanes, somehow, but the film plays like a private joke with no punchline. more
The New York Times Dave Kehr
An unfocused, overplotted, painfully derivative comic fantasy. more
Village Voice Michael Miller
Imagines Heaven and Hell as places so deeply mired in the business-as-usual hassles of earthly life that the battle between good and evil becomes a downright dull affair. more
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