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TIME TO BE LOVED

I liked it. A very sweet and romantic film with a dramacit twist, as many would call a tear jerker. Yes, it makes us smile, cry and learn some lessons, lessons of love, and making what is right to amend what had been damaged. I thought the main couple was fine in their interpretations and chemistry. Even sadly, love always win! Think about it!

So many flaws...

At one point in Here on Earth, my sister and me said aloud the reasons why this movie was so bad. At this point, Leelee Sobieski's character was jumping on a bus to go away with Kelley (Chris Klein). Here are some of the things we pointed out: we don't care for Leelee Sobieski's character, whatever happens to her, she is a two-timing bitch. Nor do we care for the fate of the rest of the characters. You can't just jump on a bus without a ticket and no money. You don't just leave your boyfriend there standing on the side of the road. I could go on forever, but I think the word stupid really sums up this movie. While not only being highly unrealistic, this movie is boring and heartless, while what the goal obviously was to make the audience really be enthralled and the film be totally emotional. No, the crew has not reached their goal. This has turned out to be a cheese-ball of a film where you don't like the characters and have no sense of sympathy for what happens to them. There are also a lot of sight flaws in this film, um, hello, the guys beat up each other (yet another flaw, for the first half an hour, the 2 guys are just pounding in one and other's face, as if the script-writer's could think of anything more "entertaining") and within the next day their scars are gone. And did anyone else notice Kelley (Klein's character) wears the same shirts throughout the summer? I'll stop there now, but if I could be bothered, I could list the flaws in this movie and sell it as a novel. Stay away from this film.

Cute Movie

I just saw this movie last night. It is a really cute movie. This movie stars Leelee Sobeski, Josh Hartnett and Chris Klein. This is a very cute romantic movie about falling in love. Ignore the negative reviews and watch this movie. First of all this movie is about a rich guy (Kelley) who falls in love with a girl(Sam) from "the other side of the tracks".This movie starts off when Kelley comes to town. Sam's boyfriend gets mad at Kelley and they both get into a car race and end up burning down Sam's family restaurant. As a punishment they are both forced to help rebuild the restaurant. Sam eventually falls in love with Kelley. Sam's boyfriend then finds out about their romance. What will happen next? You'll have to watch to find out. I highly recommend this movie and I am sure that teenagers and pre-teens will enjoy it.

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Utterly Predictable Stupid Trash

that's designed to appeal to utterly uncultured braindead teeny-boppers. There isn't one predictable, stereotyped line or scene that they missed in this cynical attempt to cash in on little teeny-boppper chicks. For anyone older than ten, mentally, this film will make Gilligan's Island look like an art film.

"This movie is so sad!" Indeed, it is, in every sense.

It was a sad day that I decided to sacrifice part of my day to watch Here On Earth. The film is a replication of every other formula love story: jerk meets girl with decent boyfriend -> falls in love with girl, fights boyfriend -> loses girl forever, old boyfriend not such a bad guy afterall. The end.

That storyline will be found in cinema till the day an asteroid destroys the earth, which in itself is not a bad theme (the lost love etc., not doomsday). I enjoy a little pathos through mathos, enlightenment through suffering or loss. But the screenwriters for Here On Earth hardly have the knack to tell a story like the ancient Greek tragedists (See Aeschylus).

Josh Hartnett, Lee Lee Sobieski, and Chris Klein provide able performances, but then who couldn't for roles we've all had embedded into our brains by so many other better movies (A Farewell To Arms [1932 ver.], Love Story, etc.). The trio are trapped in a weak screenplay of cliches and melodramatic scenes that would have made Douglas Sirk proud (Written On The Wind).

For those of you who have experienced loss and love together, much of this film may hit close to home. From this, empathy for the characters' sufferings will give a shared experience to the viewer that can enhance the melancholic enjoyment of the film. But aside from this, there are few positive notes I can say about Here On Earth, except kudos for these (previously) upcoming actors and Sobieski's ability to imitate Helen Hunt.

I only wish an asteroid could have destroyed the vault containing Here On Earth's master reel before it went to video/dvd.

So romantic!

Here On Earth is great! It's such a good movie! Leelee Sobieski is a very talented actress. Chris Klien is magnificent! This movie is may make you cry so keep tissues near you. It's so romantic!

A Gigantic Waste Of Video Tape

Well, if you set aside the fact that this movie features abysmal acting; and, if you set aside the fact that the story is muddled and wanders off in about five different directions without ever deciding which way it really wants to go; and, if you set aside the fact that I didn't find a single scene in this movie that was remotely interesting; well, if you set all that aside, this is still a REALLY terrible movie!I take it that this is supposed to be a love story about rich guy/poor girl. I never really understood for a moment how this romance between Kelley (Chris Klein) and Samantha (Leelee Sobieski) ever got started. The inexplicable romance is made worse by a complete lack of chemistry between Klein and Sobieski. The screenplay (by Michael Seitzman) is dull to the point of stupefying. How Seitzman managed to write the thing without falling asleep is a miracle; that he would think anyone would want to pay to see this is unbelievable.Did I mention that this is a REALLY, REALLY terrible movie?I'd give it a ZERO, but the IMDb doesn't provide for votes of ZERO. So I give it a one while holding my nose.

Almost worse than Charlie's Angels

I watched this on cable because I was a big Leelee fan. Big mistake. What a horrible film. You don't care one bit for any of the characters in the movie. Chris Klein plays a guy who is a complete jerk in the film, and steals away Josh Hartnett's longtime girlfriend. If the writer knew what they were doing, this film would have followed the proven formula, and made Hartnett an ass, and Leelee as the girlfriend trapped in a bad relationship, from which she's saved by Klein. But Hartnett is a really cool guy, who shows a lot of emotion and love for Leelee.

You then hate leelee, because she cheats on Hartnett with Klein, who is a jerk to everyone in the town that's trying to help him and really stuck up.

It's also really campy, and the characters do everything but run around the kitchen dancing and lip synching, and using hairbrushes and spoons and fake microphones (although they come very close).

What a horrible horrible movie. You don't even care what happens in the end because the director never lets you care about the characters.

Destined to become the next "Titanic"

With the opportunities that Chris Klein has had over the past few years in his yet young acting career, this film shows that he can really move an audience. Lee Lee is just as good, handling her "sentence" as if she had the wisdom and strength of a wise old person.*** 1/2

Awesome

I love this movie. It was the first romantic comedy I ever saw and when I saw it online i just had to buy it. It's so simple and there is such a great story line. i would recommend this movie to everyone.

Let's count the bad cliche's.

Rich vs. poor. Big city vs. small town. White collar vs. blue collar.
These things are not original themes in movies. So when one chooses to involve these themes, the situational story-line had better be very original, or very good. This one was neither. I never believed in the romance of the two young lovers in this movie. Neither convincing nor compelling, it just fell flat. Don't bother, even with a video rental.

Next Titanic, yeah, right . . .

Some possible spoilers - but seeing this movie will spoil your evening anyway.This film really could be the next Titanic - it's long, slow, and sinks like a rock. What a waste of Leelee Sobieski! There is almost no character development of Chris Klein's spoiled rich boy, nor any reason other than lust why Sam would go for him. In addition, the dialogue is stilted and the plot twists are either predictable or asinine - for example, Kelley's mother's suicide and Sam's cancer. By the time she collapsed in the woods, my wife and I had already written this one off as a dog, and I joked, "She probably has cancer of the kneecap." It was the stupidest thing I could think of. I guess it was the stupidest thing Seitzman could think of too.Even Leelee's great legs and considerable talent couldn't save this stinker.

Predictable, BOR-ING, wooden acting

I gave it two stars, because in truth, I have seen worse movies (how about "The Wedding Planner?" Sorry, I digress)--BUT NOT BY MUCH. I am not immune to the charms of good teen movies (witness "Clueless," "Never Been Kissed," "10 Things I Hate About You") but this movie was beyond even my sap-intake level. I thought Lee Lee (sp?) Sobieski was so vanilla that it was incredible either of these guys found her interesting, far less worth squabbling over. You saw (Ending Giveaway Alert) the demise of her character a mile away (more precisely, at the beginning of the movie), and the whole Kelley character's (no to disrespect intended) deceased mother/standing in the rain scene was nauseating. Spend some quality time with an amazing love story, acted to perfection, and invest in BBC's "Pride and Prejudice"--also the inspiration for "Bridget Jones' Diary," for those of you who might otherwise dismiss Jane Austen's inestimable charms!

Josh Harnett was great

I went into this movie expecting a cheesy romance which is pretty much what this was, however, I think Josh Harnett saved the movie for me.(I don't think this contains any spoilers, but it might so if that bothers you don't continue reading.)The movie wasn't sad because Samantha (Lee Lee Sobieski) became ill, it was sad because of how she treated Jasper (Josh Harnett). I think most of the parts with Kelley (Chris Klein) and Sam were pretty typical of a romantic drama (the scene in which they lay in the grass & he begins kissing her & naming parts of her body after states reminded me of the scene with the animal crackers in Armageddon) and pretty boring but the scenes between Jasper and Sam or Jasper and Kelley made the movie worth watching. I didn't like Kelley much but I think that when his character finally showed some emotion it made him a little more interesting. I didn't like Samantha much at all, I thought she was pretty mean, so if she was supposed to come across as the innocent victim I don't think the writers did a very good job of doing so. There were also three or four really funny parts (like the "your mom" jokes) that made the movie a little better then it would have been without them. Again, I didn't think Samantha's illness was all that sad but Jasper's emotions did make me teary-eyed throughout the movie. If you like sappy romances where really hot boys get their hearts broken & cry, you will probably like this movie. Otherwise, I wouldn't spend the $3 to rent it. I personally enjoyed the movie and give it a 7/10.

I wanted to claw my own eyes out within half an hour...

Films like this are one of the many things that give Hollywood its bad reputation among independent creative artists. Being at the advanced age of twenty-four and already having had two girlfriends (okay, one girlfriend and one exceptionally good female friend) die on me, I turned the DVD off feeling insulted. Mr. Cranky's review of the film says it all, but I thought I would offer some of my own personal commentary just to embellish the point.Ever heard the saying "convert ****holes who, having accepted Jesus into their hearts, remain ****holes"? Well, this film is a living example of it. I had as much sympathy for the characters in this film as I would have for a baked potato, and that did not change one iota by the end. The dead mother plot device might have done it for me - quite frankly, I would be very indifferent if my mother died, especially if she had done so when I was about ten years younger. Plot points follow this paragraph, by the way, but you might save yourself a lot of boredom if you just read them.The manner in which we are supposed to feel sympathy for Leelee Cantactworthadamn's character is simple. The writers and director decide to give her cancer. Apparently, she has broken her knee playing sports before, and the doctors tell her crying family that the possibility of a tumour growing in her leg as a result was "always a possibility". What the f***? Having had a cancer dug out of my face myself, resulting in similar disfigurement to what Cybill Shepherd is reputedly going through at the moment, I find this plot device even more insulting now than I did when I saw the film. I will not feel sympathy for a cardboard cut-out if she dies of cancer, and I will want to kill her myself if she is afflicted with cancer via such a lousy, insulting, and just plain inconsistent with the facts setup as this. Hell, her family must belong to the HMO from Hades if cancer as the result of a knee injury was "always a possibility", and yet it spreads throughout her body so far it cannot be rectified before anyone even notices!Of course, another source of eternal amusement is the contribution of music by Tori Amos, a woman who still apparently wishes she was more unusual than the chew-toys in breakfast cereals. I'd love to see the look on her face after being played some of the record collection I've put together after years of living in circumstances that would make the writers of this film shudder in terror. Which brings me to another point - when the hell is Hollywood going to stop insulting us with these pseudo-alternative films and present us with something truly exceptional again? One could could the current Lord Of The Rings trilogy, but that is only exceptional because of good source material and a quirky director. Hell On Earth, by comparison, seems geared to prove that Hollywood is only geared towards a very narrow, rigid demographic.In case I haven't impressed upon you how bad this trash is, let me close by just saying that this film's entire plot was done a billion times better in about twenty minutes of Groundhog Day.

Brilliant

This one was the first movie I saw in theaters in a long time. I loved it. I saw it the day it opened, only I didn't get around to reviewing it until now. This movie was a work of brilliance. Don't just assume that this is another "Drive Me Crazy" or "She's All That". It's so much higher, deeper, and better than those. Leelee Sobieski is going to be a STAR. I can guarantee it. She deserves more than she gets. The guys weren't as great, but they are much better actors that some of the other guys out there. This movie is definitely award-worthy.

"Hell on Earth" is what it should be called -

- because that is exactly what it felt like when I watched this. Man, this IS the worst film I have ever seen. If LeeLee Sobieski's character was a runner, they should have picked an actress who could run. She had the grace of a three legged mule. Chris Klein's "gee, I'm a sensitive male" is getting a little old.I will forever hold a grudge against my friend for making me watch this instead of playing a round of golf like I had originally went over to his house to do.

WOW!

I own this movie. I've seen it over 20 times and every time I still get weepy. Its a Great love story, surprises, and you can definately feel chemistry between Klein and Sobiesky. I definately give this movie a perfect 10. I recommend this to anyone.

Just as you have the relentless teenage slasher films, you also have a seemingly endless stream of goofy teenage romance films.

Here On Earth is not a total failure. I mean, thank God they didn't decide to cast Jason Biggs somewhere in this movie. I'm hoping against all odds to never see him on screen again. But on the other hand, Chris Klein and Leelee Sobieski didn't exactly draw out the emotions the way that a quality romance should. Despite the many shortcomings of Here On Earth, it did have many redeeming values. The rivalry between the rich kids at the private school and the poor kids in town, although slightly exaggerated, was fairly well presented. It is never satisfactorily explained why Klein (whose character is curiously named Kelley) felt that it was so necessary to eat dinner in the poor town just after having been given a brand new car (during the Mercedes-Benz commercial that is the beginning of the film), but the ensuing scene in the restaurant, although followed by an idiotic car chase, was actually pretty well done (`What did he say?' `I think he said come kick my ass.').The love triangle that takes place between Kelley, Samantha (Sobieski), and Jasper (Josh Hartnett, whose great performance single-handedly provides about 90% of the reason to watch this film) is one of the better parts of the movie, and it is definitely the element of the movie that somewhat sets it apart from the multitude of cheesy teen romance films that are constantly being cranked out these days. Although this particular predicament is fairly entertaining, Jasper's change of heart just comes too suddenly and too completely, especially given the constant tension between himself (as well as most of his immediate family) and Kelley, who are forced to live together as they work to rebuild the diner that they collectively destroyed in that dumbass car chase earlier in the film.The end of the film was pretty obvious from the beginning, but in case you haven't seen this movie (and haven't seen the movie's cover, which should qualify as a spoiler in itself), I guess I should warn you that there's a spoiler ahead. Before this movie even starts, you know that Kelley and Samantha will fall in love just as surely as you know that there will be a Running Through The Woods Scene somewhere in the movie and that at some point, someone will utter the hopelessly clichéd line `Some people live their whole lives and never fall in love.' It is clear that there is nothing new here in the form of romance, and even the fact that Samantha dies does not make it original, because this has been seen plenty of times before, such as in the spectacular Best Picture of 1994. Despite the fact that the entire film is one big cliché, there were several quality performances in the film, particularly from Josh Hartnett, Leelee Sobieski, and Michael Rooker, in a well-cast role as Jasper's overbearing father. And yes, even Chris Klein delivered a satisfactory performance as the out-of-place rich kid, despite having been cast against the type of character that he has come to be known as from previous films. There is no new ground covered by Here On Earth, but there is something to be said for the fact that despite its total unoriginality, it is still able to keep your attention.

The Single Worst Movie Ever Made

Watching this movie was one of the least pleasant experiences in my life. The plot and dialogue were so cliche-ridden and horribly presented that it was, at times, laughable. There were at least 5 or 6 times during the course of this drivel that I thought to myself "Wow - that was the single worst line of dialogue I have ever heard in my life." The plot has been done over so many times, and is so predictable and utterly insulting to the viewer that I will not waste my energy attempting to describe it here. Before seeing this movie I thought that Chris Klein and Lelee Sobieski had some talent as actors. I was proven wrong. This movie is not only insulting to you as a viewer, it is insulting to you as a human being. Do not, I repeat DO NOT, under any circumstances, ever see this movie. Please, heed my words and avoid this mindless drivel at all costs.