A Little Trip to Heaven is an Icelandic/United States drama and thriller film from 2005, directed by Icelandic director of The Sea, Baltasar Kormákur. The film is set in the U.S. but almost entirely shot in Iceland. Icelandic musician Mugison composed and played the music, except the song A Little Trip to Heaven which is originally by Tom Waits, though performed by Mugison in the movie.
Forest Whitaker plays an insurance adjuster who discovers wh...
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A Little Trip to Heaven is an Icelandic/United States drama and thriller film from 2005, directed by Icelandic director of The Sea, Baltasar Kormákur. The film is set in the U.S. but almost entirely shot in Iceland. Icelandic musician Mugison composed and played the music, except the song A Little Trip to Heaven which is originally by Tom Waits, though performed by Mugison in the movie.
Forest Whitaker plays an insurance adjuster who discovers what may possibly be a couple engaged in identity theft, murder, and life insurance scams.
Why is God in Heaven and The Devil underneath the Ground?” is a question posed by A Little Trip to Heaven, a small scale, noirish mix of drama and thriller set in early 1980s Minnesota. “Because it is easier to just to lay down than to it is to fly” is the answer.
The film opens with three unusually staged vehicular crashes, which couldn’t be further from say Michael Bay or Johnathon Mostow style mayhem. These accidents are filmed with stark beauty and the...
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