Under Heaven
Under Heaven
R | 17 July 1998 (USA)
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Two young lovers try to con a wealthy woman out of her inheritance by pretending to be brother and sister.

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igotdis

Help. Can someone PLEASE guide me in the right place to buy this movie? Or does any of you have it for sale? I've been looking for this movie for quite a while now. I even wrote a letter to lifetime asking about it. They wrote me back saying, "it wasn't in their database. Can someone "PLEASE" tell me where to find this movie. I saw it like everyone else on lifetime under the name "In A Private Garden", and really, really, loved it. But I really didn't know that it had an aka title, "Under Heaven" or "In The Shadows". Which one is it on video? Someone please help me to find this great, great, movie. I would appreciate it, as I said. I've been looking for it for a long time now. I'm so glad I found these reviews of it on this site.

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mack-38

I found this to be a sweet sentimental tale of scheming, true love and a surprising ending. Like most films like this about sickness and death, it really doesn't show the terrible details of one who is dying of cancer. The way that Joely Richardson affected the lives of the 3 people who were scheming for her wealth and riches was really touching, makes one sit back and really think, what is life really all about. I did enjoy this film greatly.

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Glo-8

If anyone has seen Days of Heaven, there's no need to suffer through Under Heaven. The tension and credibility have been drained out of this Wings of the Dove remake. An interesting cast has had all their life and spontaneity removed. Heavy-handed movie-making at its worst because there's talent wasted here.

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petshop

A revisit to Wings of the Dove. Uneven performances and a sometimes self-indulgent script all in a really cool house. The story is basically the same principle: a young woman get her lover to become the lover of a dying rich woman. None of the characters are really likable, but neither are they nasty enough to hate. They fall right into that "annoying, but if they're your friends, I guess they can come to dinner" category.Despite all of this, there are points where its manipulative sentimentality actually leaks through. As the young man and Joely Richardson fall in love, you can't help but appreciate the feeling of danger and dread that accompanies it.

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