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	Down to Earth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Down to Earth is the title of at least three albums and two movies, a webcomic and one television series:
		Down to Earth (webcomic), a webcomic by Gavin Chafin and Steve Wood
		Down to Earth co-operative, a non-profit organisation based in Melbourne, Australia
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Down_to_Earth (247 words)

	DVD REVIEW: "DOWN TO EARTH"
		The film's artistic problems certainly don't help matters, especially when one becomes so bored/dismayed with the new version that the mind can't be stopped from going into comparative mode), but it's rather bad when any film constantly reminds viewers of a previous and obviously far better made picture.
		The fun of the earlier film was in seeing Beatty's character applying his football knowledge into the boardroom and then bucking the odds in turning his new body into a Super Bowl caliber quarterback.
		Down to Earth is now available for purchase by clicking here.
	www.screenit.com /dvd/2001/down_to_earth.html (1174 words)

	Down to Earth (2001) - Ninth Symphony Films Review
		wishing to return to earth, but unable to inhabit his former body, he is placed in the corpse of a rich, white manhattan mogul.
		The film is so short that it almost seems like they made the first hour and then decided to end the movie without a third act.
		As for the other actors in the film, possibly the best character in the film was "Wanda," played by Wanda Sykes.
	regencylady.tripod.com /site/filmreviews/downtoearth.html (1009 words)

	dOc DVD Review: Down To Earth (2001)
		Down To Earth is Chris Rock's rewrite of Warren Beatty's 1978 Heaven Can Wait, which itself was an update of 1941s' classic Here Comes Mr.
		The Weitz Brothers choice of Down To Earth as their follow-up to the horny humor of American Pie is also an against the grain option.
		Image Transfer Review: Considering Down To Earth was released theatrically in 2001, it would stand to reason that Paramount would dress up the DVD release with a decent transfer.
	www.digitallyobsessed.com /showreview.php3?ID=1423 (1237 words)

	iFMagazine.com Reviews - DOWN TO EARTH
		JORDAN), DOWN TO EARTH is a project to spotlight the talents of its leading man. For HEAVEN, it was Beatty’s leading man good looks and likable personality that won audiences over.
		In this 2001 update, Rock’s stand up comedy abilities are brought to the forefront in a predictable effort that drowns away any good will the original had.
		DOWN TO EARTH has a built-in audience which will likely flock to the film for Rock’s solid star turn.
	www.ifmagazine.com /review.asp?article=738 (676 words)

	'Down to Earth'
		Chris Rock's "Down to Earth" emerges a mere 23 years after the film upon which it is based, Warren Beatty's "Heaven Can Wait." But that movie came out 37 years after its progenitor, "Here Comes Mr.
		"Down to Earth" tailors the same material to the specific attributes of its star.
		The racial comedy fuels but doesn't overpower the film, which sticks close to the structural blueprint of "Heaven Can Wait" ("Down to Earth" cites Beatty and co-writer Elaine May in the credits).
	www.post-gazette.com /movies/20010216earth9.asp (739 words)

	"Down to Earth" / a review from Christian Spotlight on the Movies
		Down to Earth stars Chris Rock, a stand-up comedian with a stack of brief film appearances under his belt.
		Down to Earth begins with Lance Barton (Chris Rock), a down-on-his-luck bike messenger who lives to perform stand-up-comedy on amateur night at the local theater.
		The profanity in Earth was extremely offensive, with a dozen scatological profanities, a bleeped out f-word, over two dozen uses of mild and offensive anatomical references, nearly a dozen references to sex, a couple of references to drugs, and a large amount of other profanities.
	www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/2001/downtoearth.html (1242 words)

	Down to Earth
		This film is rated PG-13, and Chris Rock is generally not a PG-13 kind of guy.
		Films under five are generally awful even if you like that kind of film, equivalent to about one and a half stars from the critics or less, depending on just how far below five the rating is.
		Based on this description, this film is a C. Lifeless, watered-down, PG-13 version of Chris Rock is still OK, but not worth going out of the way to rent.
	www.scoopy.com /downtoearth.htm (574 words)

	deseretnews.com - Movie review: Down to Earth \| Deseret Morning News Web edition
		What makes the film all the more disappointing is that, on paper at least, the amount of thinking behind the project suggested much better things.
		In fact, there are fleeting moments that suggest what the film probably should have been — a concert film for Rock, who is reined in by a script that allows him only scant bits of improvisation.
		"Down to Earth" is rated PG-13 for scattered profanity (not nearly as much as you'd expect from Rock), violence (some slapstick and some gunfire), use of crude gestures and some off-color humor, brief sexual fumblings and use of racial epithets.
	deseretnews.com /movies/view/1,1257,180000073,00.html (524 words)

	Jiminy Critic Movie Reviews - Review of Down to Earth (2001) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Through most of Down to Earth he goes the opposite direction; staring straight ahead and delivering his lines with so little energy that it's difficult to believe he's the same person who performed in the magnificent HBO comedy specials Bring the Pain and Bigger and Blacker.
		Rock's character in the film is a comic who is killed just a bit too early (thanks to an angel-initiated mix-up) and then finds himself temporarily reincarnated in the body of a white billionaire.
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	www.jiminycritic.com /review.asp?ReviewID=90 (768 words)

	Heaven Can Wait - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Down to Earth (1947), a sequel to the 1941 film.
		Heaven Can Wait (1943) a film based on the stage play "Birthdays" by Leslie Bush-Fekete (aka Laszlo Bus-Fekete).
		Down to Earth (2001), a remake named after the 1947 sequel to Here Comes Mr.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heaven_Can_Wait (174 words)

	Film Blather: Down to Earth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Down to Earth obviously has a workable concept, since it's a remake of a remake, but the film botches it.
		The complete failure of Down to Earth is all the more surprising considering that one of its directors was also responsible for the slice of comic genius that was Antz.
		Down to Earth is an insufferable hour and a half.
	www.ultimate-movie.com /review.php?n=downtoearth (615 words)

	Movie Review - Down to Earth (2001) - eFilmCritic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Down to Earth is targeted to a fl audience to make fun of white people appropriating fl culture.
		I felt like the film was telling me, as a white person, to leave fl culture alone, but then to laugh along at the appropriation of fl culture.
		Down to Earth tries to be too many things for too many people and ends up being like a pair of siamese twins that don’t get along.
	efilmcritic.com /review.php?movie=4520 (861 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Down To Earth
		Late in the film, when Lance is returned to a fl body, he is overjoyed.
		Down to Earth is presented in its original aspect ratio, an anamorphic 1.85:1.
		Down to Earth is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/downtoearth.php (1029 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Down To Earth [2001]: Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		It's guaranteed that some will find Down to Earth quite entertaining, but others will wonder how potent this comedy could have been if Rock had been more willing to confront the harsher truths that lurk beneath the comedy.--Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com --This text refers to the DVD edition.
		'Down to earth' is perfect for something to watch with dinner on your lap, or pizza on the way and your mates lounging around.
		Down to Earth is a sad but funny and moving film!
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005UO6O (831 words)

	Down to Earth (2001): Chris Rock, Regina King, Mark Addy, Eugene Levy - PopMatters Film Review
		In the early moments of Down to Earth, we get a look at just how hard they can be, when Lance screws up and the crowd responds accordingly.
		The move to mainstream necessarily involves some toning down, but it's clear that Rock and his writing team (Ali Le Roi, Lance Crouther, and Louie CK) are determined to keep up the zings at the status quo.
		That is, the films raised no doubts concerning their masculinity, at least according to Hollywood standards.
	popmatters.com /film/reviews/d/down-to-earth.shtml (1124 words)

	MOSAEC Film & Video-Down to Earth
		Robin, Howard’s punchy sidekick, wasn’t sold, but Brother Rock swore Down to Earth was a laugh a minute.
		Down to Earth is a remake of Warren Beatty’s 1978 hit, Heaven Can Wait, itself a remake of 1941’s Here Comes Mr.
		Lance is sent back to earth in the only available vessel, the body of an old, White, millionaire named Mr.
	www.mosaec.com /mosaec/film/film_downtoearth.htm (506 words)

	Down To Earth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The premise of all three films is essentially the same: a young man, in this case Lance Barton, stand-up comedian, is taken from his body before his actual time to die.
		Where DOWN TO EARTH ups the ante of the previous two films is in making Wellington white, adding a racial element that the other two films didn't have.
		However, the film's PG-13 rating, coupled with a script that has been hobbled by rewrites, effectively hamstrings Rock, boxing him in when what he does best is let loose.
	www.cinescene.com /ed/downtoearth.html (385 words)

	eBay - VHS: Down to Earth (UPC: 097363377832) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Coasting along on the charm of Rock and King, DOWN TO EARTH is a charming story about the power of fate, set to a bouncing hip-hop soundtrack.
		Down to Earth Chris Rock Eugene Levy Frankie R Faison
		Down to Earth stands as another testament to why the Weisz brothers should not be allowed behind a camera.
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	SPLICEDwire \| "Down to Earth" review (2001)
		"Down to Earth" is so knee-slappingly, seat-bouncingly, breath-gaspingly packed full of laughs, none of this matters enough to deflate what is designed to be a fast-food comedy anyway.
		The film's bevy of writers (including the brothers Weitz and several of Rock's comedy circuit pals) overstuff the picture not only with trademarked Rock humor, but with an ample supply of situational comedy as well (Best line: "Go to hell," Palminteri tells a loser waiting behind the velvet rope to get into Heaven).
		Since "Down to Earth" doesn't really aspire to anything more, the endless guffaws are really all that counts.
	splicedwire.com /01reviews/downtoearth.html (649 words)

	calendarlive.com: MOVIE REVIEW - Down to Earth
		In fact, "Down to Earth's" comic story (which the star co-wrote and executive-produced) of a man who dies before his time and is returned in a different body is an unlikely combination of what befell the brilliant Pryor and, a decade earlier, the King.
		And like all of Presley's efforts, "Down to Earth" is best when it stops its plot cold and allows the performer to do what he does best: in this case, launch into sharp and telling stand-up routines.
		Though "Down to Earth" has a distinguished pedigree, this is its second remake, and the bloodline is getting thin.
	www.calendarlive.com /movies/reviews/cl-movie010215-5,2,727667.story (733 words)

	KINNOPIO - Down to Earth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Down to Earth is another addition to the genre of usually enjoyable reincarnation comedies.
		The film is actually a remake of 1978's Heaven Can Wait, directed by Warren Beatty and Buck Henry, which is itself a remake of Alexandra Hall's 1941 film, Here Comes Mr.
		But the plot is still as formulaic as film noir is with the damsel in distress.
	home.earthlink.net /~kinnopio/reviews/2001/downtoearth.htm (690 words)

	FILM REVIEW HH12: Down to Earth -- Rock On
		The plot of the film is no secret and the trailer sets up the premise.
		Suffice to say, Rock’s character dies, goes to heaven, is reincarnated, dies again, returns again, all the while trying to win the heart of one woman.
		He delivers in this film, and he was smart enough to keep the focus on himself and not bit parts, special effects, or musical montages.
	www-tech.mit.edu /V121/N7/down_to_earth.7a.html (486 words)

	Xiibaro Reviews: Basic Instinct, Down to Earth, and Shower
		In that film, where brilliant performers surrounded him, he was good, but in Down to Earth, where the most able people in the entire cast are B-list comedians Chazz Palmintari and Eugene Levy, he stinks.
		If this film had been less interested in making him a happy-go-lucky guy, this film might have had an edge that is dearly needed.
		The film Shower is a slow, but memorable little film that looks at a country living the slight life in Beijing after the decline of communism and the surge of capitalism.
	www.cinema-scene.com /archive/03/07.html (2227 words)

	Down to Earth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Down to Earth, has a set-up that lends itself to mining that volatile notion for shocking laughs and edgy satire.
		But as fate would have it (in a scene staged with such lifeless indolence it doesn't even qualify as perfunctory), Lance is struck down by a truck and whisked to heaven.
		Down to Earth is how limp and mild it really is. Didn't the suits who hired him realize that a PG-13 Chris Rock is, basically, Sinbad?
	www.culturevulture.net /Movies2/DowntoEarth.htm (483 words)

	Amazon.com: Down To Earth - Special Edition (2001) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The latter two films, however, were played rather straight, without the humor in Down to Earth.
		Down to Earth surprised me because I assumed I was getting ready to watch another ignorant fl movie and I wasn't in the mood.
		Down to Earth is entertaining but would have been even better with a stronger male lead.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005Q79C?v=glance (1836 words)

	DOWN TO EARTH/ **
		About halfway through "Down to Earth", it is revealed that a butler played by Mark Addy is a guy from New Jersey faking a British accent.
		Another oddity is that the film stars Chris Rock, a terrific stand-up comedian, in the role of a bad stand-up comedian.
		I mention all this to illustrate how "Down to Earth" goes out of its way to avoid being funny.
	www.ukcritic.com /downtoearth.html (470 words)

	Down to Earth (2001): Reviews
		Rock is undisputably gifted and charismatic, but when Down to Earth takes his edge away, the film's energy goes with it.
		Pandering and tired, Down to Earth lurches from one dead gag to the other, in search of both comedic rhythm and a dramatic pulse.
		The film seems to argue that Rock's real-life manipulation of the race card is little more than exploitation, rather than the essence of his incendiary comic critique.
	www.metacritic.com /film/titles/downtoearth (976 words)

	Down to Earth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		In "Down to Earth," Rock plays a stand-up comedian and the rest of the premise pretty much remains intact.
		The catch of this film, and what makes it such an attractive "star" vehicle, is that the lead actor, once he is killed, continues to play himself.
		Films must "show" us what is funny, must display the humor in the open.
	www.filethirteen.com /reviews/downtoearth/downtoearth.htm (1013 words)

	Orlando Weekly - Film Review - Down to Earth
		Only once, given the evidence provided by "Down to Earth," a mediocre Chris Rock vehicle directed by Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, the siblings who brought us the sophomoric 1999 sex comedy "American Pie." "Earth's" original text, one might suggest, wasn't quite Shakespeare.
		That film, directed by Buck Henry and written by Beatty and Elaine May, was a remake of 1941's "Here Comes Mr.
		Nearly all of those movies are likelier sources of entertainment than the Weitzes' lackluster effort, a mildly diverting romantic comedy that makes very little of what might have been a significant kink in the old story line.
	www.orlandoweekly.com /film/review.asp?rid=1645 (505 words)

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