Hit me with a big stick, this was one funny movie. I didn’t expect to like it but someone decided to get it without asking me (and what’s up with that?) so I went along with the thought. Damn if Down To Earth isn’t funny, especially Chris Rock and Chazz Palminteri. This is a superior update of the mid-70s Warren Beatty flick Heaven Can Wait, which is fitting since Beatty co-wrote his version and Rock is credited for the same here. Brothers Chris and Paul Weitz show their usual strong touch with comedy–they directed American Pie (and AP2) and wrote Antz and Nutty Professor II.

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