An irreverent young woman who uses her humor to prevent matters from getting serious has a life-changing visit with her doctor.An irreverent young woman who uses her humor to prevent matters from getting serious has a life-changing visit with her doctor.An irreverent young woman who uses her humor to prevent matters from getting serious has a life-changing visit with her doctor.
Rosemarie DeWitt
- Renee Blair
- (as Rosemarie Dewitt)
Maureen Brennan
- Waiting Area Nurse
- (as Maureen A. Brennan)
Jaqueline Fleming
- Saleswoman
- (as Jacqueline C. Fleming)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaEven though Peter Dinklage has a brief part, he was the 4th highest paid person in the film, above Lucy Punch, Whoopi Goldberg, and Treat Williams.
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- Quotes
Marley Corbett: What I would give to experience, just one more time; to feel that incredible sensation, when he looked at me, and then I felt alive.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Great Movie Mistakes III: Not in 3D (2011)
- SoundtracksBeauty in the World
Written by Macy Gray, Caviar, Joshua Lopez and George Reichart
Performed by Macy Gray
Featured review
This film is about a young career woman who has to re-prioritise her life after finding out she has cancer.
I was hoping "A Little Bit of Heaven" would mix romantic comedy with some tear jerking drama about coping with cancer, but the film shows almost only romantic comedy. Kate Hudson acts well but her role as a woman battling with terminal cancer is so unconvincing. She even has ALL her hair even after her chemotherapy! It so irresponsible that her character blatantly disregards treatment just to get some love from her doctor. The tone of the film is just wrong, it does not acknowledge the suffering of cancer patients and the loved ones around. I find "A Little Bit of Heaven" an unrealistic portrayal of the life of a terminal cancer patient, minimising and invalidating the physical and psychological issues they face.
If "A Little Bit of Heaven" drops the cancer subplot, and just states that Marley has a serious illness that changes her attitude towards life, it would have been less offensive to cancer patients and survivors.
I was hoping "A Little Bit of Heaven" would mix romantic comedy with some tear jerking drama about coping with cancer, but the film shows almost only romantic comedy. Kate Hudson acts well but her role as a woman battling with terminal cancer is so unconvincing. She even has ALL her hair even after her chemotherapy! It so irresponsible that her character blatantly disregards treatment just to get some love from her doctor. The tone of the film is just wrong, it does not acknowledge the suffering of cancer patients and the loved ones around. I find "A Little Bit of Heaven" an unrealistic portrayal of the life of a terminal cancer patient, minimising and invalidating the physical and psychological issues they face.
If "A Little Bit of Heaven" drops the cancer subplot, and just states that Marley has a serious illness that changes her attitude towards life, it would have been less offensive to cancer patients and survivors.
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- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Earthbound
- Filming locations
- Urbania, Lower Garden District, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA(Marley Corbett house)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $15,375
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,011
- May 6, 2012
- Gross worldwide
- $6,778,388
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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