Some Kind of Heaven

Some Kind of Heaven

Behind the gates of a palm-tree-lined fantasyland, three residents and one interloper at America’s largest retirement community strive to find happiness.

  • Released: 2021-02-19
  • Runtime: 83 minutes
  • Genre: Documentaries
  • Stars: Dennis Dean, Lynn Henry, Anne Kincer, Reggie Kincer, Gary Schwartz, Barbara Stanton
  • Director: Lance Oppenheim
 Comments
  • zzibits - 12 April 2024
    Well written and done
    In the Florida area Some Kind of Heaven is an interesting movie about life in this retirement community. It is a unique community. My friend Christian Vazquez produced this and I am so proud of the work done on this documentary. Me and my Mother watched this film and found great enjoyment. I love the youthfulness and fun and interesting story lines within this movie. It is professionally directed. There are some problems that the people go through such as drug use, sex, and it is interesting to see day to day life in retirement in Florida. I am thoroughly impressed with this movie and it deserves accolades.
  • mycannonball - 9 November 2021
    Quirky Little Doc
    Pretty interesting look into a FL retirement community. The trailer made it sound a bit crazier than it is (I was almost expecting a cult-like devotion and atmosphere). Some of it is actually sad because it features elderly people who have lost things in life or are contemplating mortality. All in all, it maintains a pretty light-hearted, fun tone though.
  • PresidentForLife - 19 May 2021
    Not What You Think It Is
    If you are curious to know something about the Florida mega-retirement community known as The Villages, you will not learn a lot from this strange little movie.

    Rather than provide much in the way of information on the place, the writer-director took the simplistic approach of focusing on a few residents seemingly chosen at random rather than developing anything resembling an overview, which would have taken more skill.

    Instead, the viewer is limited to the stories of a wife with an oddball hubby who has drug and legal problems, a nonresident predator-type guy who wants to sponge off the female residents, and a sad widow who wishes she had the money to return to Massachusetts. Narratively, this could be set anywhere.

    Since the director does manage to mention that there are 130,000 residents, you would think something more substantial could have been developed.