Some Kind of Heaven

Not Rated, 83 minutes / Cast: Documentary

4/5 (1)

With Sundance 2020 hit "Some Kind of Heaven," first-time feature director Lance Oppenheim cracks the manicured facade of The Villages, America’s largest retirement community – a massive, self-contained utopia located in Central Florida.

Behind the gates of this palm tree-lined fantasyland, "Some Kind of Heaven" invests in the dreams and desires of a small group of Villages residents – and one interloper – who are unable to find happiness within the community’s pre-packaged paradise. With strikingly composed cinematography, this candy-colored documentary offers a tender and surreal look at the never-ending quest for finding meaning and love in life’s final act.

"Oppenheim doesn't want to bury or praise these folks indulging in senior-citizen hedonism; he's more interested in making queasy art out of the communal hangover." --Rolling Stone