A Little Trip to Heaven (2005)

A Little Trip to Heaven (2005). 1h 38m | R

“I love the characters that Forest Whitaker usually portrays in his movies: soft einzelgangers who are balancing on the thin line between good and evil. In this flick heu0026#39;s playing an agent for an insurance company who tries to dodge off the claims of their clients. He does a pretty swell job, scrupulous and efficient. But then he stumbles upon a messed up couple who are trying to file a claim over a dead brother. Our protagonist feels that there is something wrong, and he dives in the lives of the two to find any sleaze and dirt. And, as expected , he does find something that can stir things up.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis movie reminded me of u0026#39;u0026#39;Fargou0026#39;u0026#39; and u0026#39;u0026#39; A simple plan u0026#39;u0026#39;. Like in those flicks, u0026#39;u0026#39;A little trip…u0026#39;u0026#39; deals with the brutalities that people will do to each other out of pure greed. Itu0026#39;s also about the cruel way of thinking that a life insurance can make up for the loss of a human life, and how insurance companies like you to believe that. Itu0026#39;s a modern film noir with an excellent cast, a beautiful soundtrack and atmospheric sequences in the rain or snow. Maybe the tone is a bit too sad and nihilistic for the big crowd, it definitely deserves more than the meager 6 itu0026#39;s receiving here.”