Und das soll der Himmel sein?

My kids loved "Can't be Heaven." This is a very underrated, very touching, and very cute film that really is what family filmmaking is about. This one will definitely make you cry it's so heartwarming. Ralph Macchio rocks!

I started watching "Can't be Heaven" just to see what Ralph Macchio looks like these days, and was gradually hooked into this latter-day "Wonder Years" story line. This film is a refreshing escape from the typical hard-pounding hip hop garbage that dominates teen-theme films today. Ralph Macchio offers a fine, understated performance while Diane Ladd brings realism and feeling to a role often wrought by overacted stereotype. By the end of the film, it feels all right to believe that Danny (Bryan Burke) can burn on the sax like jazz legend Red Holloway, who provides the smooth Chicago sound. Jazz fans will notice that Macchio's character, Hubbie, is also a jazz man from the "Windy City". "Can't be Heaven" is truly a sweet surprise, stocked with a surprisingly familiar cast. Pick up some goodies from your local Italian bakery and settle in for some smiles and tears, all worth the effort.

Firstly i have to say that the film was superb, best I've seen in ages.. The film was so enjoyable to watch, that when my friend came to see me a few days after watching it, i told her about the film.. She also plays the keyboard and wanted to listen to the song, she also loved to song. When the young boy Danny was playing, it looked as though he was actually playing the sax... I'm sure it will be a long time before i enjoy another film as much as i did this one... The haunting song in which Danny played on the tenor Saxaphone was wonderful...and i would dearly love to play it myself.. I'm a 74 year pensioner who plays the keyboard. Can you advise me the name of the song, to enable me to get the sheet music on this...

Cilla McCartney...

I only saw this movie a few days ago on cable and I think its OK.Its a cute little film that kids would enjoy.Its all about a boy called Danny,who is falling in love with his best friend,Julie but is having trouble telling her how he feels.It gets worse when a new boy(Archie)joins their class at school and Julie falls for him.One day,Danny is visiting his father's grave,showing him a tune he is learning to play on his sax,when he meets Hubbie,a dead sax player from the 1930's.Hubbie is a ghost waiting for his girlfriend so they can go to Heaven. Hubbie teaches Danny to play the sax well and he also teaches him a few things about love.I do agree with the person who said it might have been better if the kids were older and I also find Julie a bit annoying.All in all though this is an OK movie and I'll give it two out of five stars.

romanticism. and jazz. and Diane Ladd. and a drop of Italian atmosphere. and, sure, Ralph Macchio. not a great film. only a touching one. remembering Hallmark productions but being different. because its stories are more seductive but common love stories. because it is a film about past and roots, about future, about the meaning of life, about a boy who understand the way to be yourself, about family and about a long expectations. and, sure, about miracles. it is one of charming films who becomes bridge between periods, ages and generations. because it is, scene by scene, a surprise. and this is the purpose - to give new perspective about ordinary things. its power of seduction is real lovely. short, a trip. out of every day reality.for understand it better.