Heavens Above!

Heavens Above!

Where "I'm All Right Jack" left off…this takes off!

Directed by Roy Boulting, John Boulting

Produced by Romulus Films, Charter Film Productions

1963118 min6.6 / 10

A sharp-edged British satire that uses a well-meaning radical priest's social disruption to skewer class prejudice and institutional hypocrisy with warmth and comic irreverence.

A clerical error leads to the appointment of a left-leaning small-town priest to a rich village, where he immediately horrifies his snobby parishioners by appointing a dustman and a black man as vicar's wardens and throwing open the vicarage to the sprawling, disreputable Smith family, who have just been evicted from their caravan site. He converts the dowager aristocrat to works of absurd charity but he soon has the town and much of the country in uproar.

Questions people ask

  • Is Heavens Above! sad? Barely. Less sad than 89% of films.

  • Does Heavens Above! end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is Heavens Above! easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.

  • Is Heavens Above! scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Heavens Above! violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

61/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity94

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise45

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love50

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Heavens Above!

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Heavens Above!

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Heavens Above!, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Heavens Above!, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Heavens Above!, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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