SummaryA hip guardian angel named Bobby Fantana, who died in a car race in the 60s, reluctantly agrees to watch over lonely 80s high schooler Lenny Barnes who needs guidance on how to become cool.
Directed By:Cary Medoway
Written By:Cary Medoway, Martin Copeland
The Heavenly Kid
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Generally Unfavorable
30
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Richard Mulligan attempts to provide comic relief for the comedy, in the role of a grizzled archangel, but it's a thankless task. The most interesting element of the film is its premise. [26 July 1985, p.D8]
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Teenage summer film trash such as The Heavenly Kid makes one root for the leaves to start turning brown.
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Cary Medoway uses backlighting and spatially distorting lenses to give the film the hyped-up look of a rock video, but his handling of actors is so inept that he must rely on the rock score to make the most basic emotional points.
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Guardian angel movies almost always have a little charm, but The Heavenly Kid has none.
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Everything about The Heavenly Kid is ripped off, from a sprig of music that apes the Beverly Hills Cop theme to Gedrick, who was obviously cast because he looks like Tom Cruise, but cheaper. [26 July 1985, p.D2]
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A reprehensible film that unashamedly steals ideas (if not entire scenes) from other works.
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Feb 27, 2020
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This is an 80s movie which would typically be classified today as cheesy but that's the way they made movies back then but to rate this as a bad movie must be by people who enjoy sex, violence, CG and horrible stories like modern movies. Heavenly Kid is a feel good movie with a great story and alot of humor. Honestly the soundtrack is one of it's best features. I'm sorry but if you don't like this movie your an unemotional bag of stiffness..
