Watch: A Little Trip to Heaven 2005 123movies, Full Movie Online – After a suspicious fatal car accident in Hastings where the identity of the victim was forged, the Quality Life insurance company sends their smart investigator Abe Holt to identify the body. The unique beneficiary of the one million dollars death benefit is the sister of the victim, Isold, who lives with her son Thor and her husband Fred in a poor cabin in the middle of nowhere. Along the investigation, Abe discloses the truth about the fraud, but feels sorry for Isold and Thor and tries to help them with tragic consequences..
Plot: Insurance investigator Abraham Holt travels to a tiny town in rural Minnesota to look into a particularly unusual insurance claim stemming from a horrific car accident. As Holt examines the scene of the wreck, it all seems a bit too perfect. And when he interviews Isold Mcbride and her shifty husband, Fred — the impoverished beneficiaries of the massive, recently initiated life-insurance policy — he begins to suspect that something is amiss.
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twists & turns
I was really surprised by this screening. I had heard of the director’s foreign-language movies but never seen them. So I had not much to go on except that I like the actors… I knew it was a thriller of some kind but didn’t expect it to be a thinking person’s film. Basically, the movie is an investigation into a mysterious death. But the characters involved have layers and secrets to them as well.Julia Stiles was ravishing as always, Forest Whitaker very convincing, but I was most drawn in by Jeremy Renner. He’s a sneaky actor in a good role. Also must mention Peter Coyote, glad to see him in anything.
Anyway, I enjoy movies with twists and turns, and this one had plenty. It was atmospheric and ultimately satisfying.
Intriguing Drama, with No Reality
A great cast does what it can with ludicrous details.The most intriguing aspect of this story is that the audience is constantly in search of a hero or victim, but all of the characters are villains, to varying degrees.
The real problem is the basic premise. It would have been nice if the writers would have actually done some research instead of making up ridiculous lies about the insurance industry.
For starters, attempting to deny or reduce legitimate claim payments is a practice called Unfair Claims Practices, and is prohibited in all states. Secondly, no insurance company would issue a life insurance policy to a known con man, especially for $1 million. (And you can not blame it on a particular office – all policies go through a central underwriting department at the main office.) Thirdly, once a life insurance policy has been in force for 2 years, it becomes incontestable. The only thing that would cause an investigation is if there is a question of the deceased’s identity, or there is an accidental death benefit that might not be an accident. Furthermore, insurance fraudsters are notorious for NOT self-inflicting real damage to themselves. Lastly, a claims investigator, agent… can NOT do what James Whitaker’s character does near the end of the movie, or even throughout the movie.
The ending was rather unusual. Afterward, it does make sense, in a strange way. But this is a strange film. Give it a try if you have nothing better to do and like strange plot twists.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 30 min (90 min) (25 fps), 1 hr 38 min (98 min) (Toronto International) (Canada)
Budget 12000000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Drama, Thriller
Director Baltasar Kormákur
Writer Edward Martin Weinman, Baltasar Kormákur, Sissi Kugler
Actors María Fernández Ache, Kharl Anton Leigh, Peter Coyote
Country Iceland, United States
Awards 4 wins & 2 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Arricam LT, Zeiss Ultra Prime Lenses, Arricam ST, Zeiss Ultra Prime Lenses
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Super 35
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic)