Here on Earth

Plot synopsis:
Kelvin "Kelley" Morse and Jasper Arnold become involved in a car race and accidentally damage a restaurant owned by Samantha Cavanaugh's parents. Both are sentenced to perform community service by repairing the damage. Although Kelley comes from a wealthy family and Jasper's parents are working-class, they soon find themselves fighting over the same girl, Samantha. While Jasper and Samantha have been dating publicly for years, in secret, Kelley and Samantha begin to spend time together. They soon find that they have more in common than they imagined, and they fall in love. Eventually, Jasper learns of their interlude and doesn't like it. During a trip to Kelley's home in Boston, Kelley reveals to Samantha that his mother killed herself. Samantha brings Kelley into the house and they sleep together. In the morning, after Sam makes Kelley breakfast, Kelley's father arrives and informs him he must attend college early and give up his fling with Samantha. Upon returning to the small town, Samantha's parents soon learn that their daughter has osteosarcoma, stemming from a track/field injury, and only a few months to live. Samantha tells Kelley that she thinks everyone has their own heaven and it is made of a combination of all the things we loved in life. She says that his mother has Kelley with her in her heaven. When Kelley learns the awful truth, he must decide if he should obey his father's wishes and go to college or stay by the side of the first girl he's ever loved. In the end he returns to be with Samantha during her final months of life. At her funeral, Kelley recites a passage from a poem he and Sam loved. The film closes with a shot of Samantha running through a field in her version of heaven.

Tags: romantic, melodrama

Review:
But it is better than many of the "teem movies" made recently.Sam (Leelee Sobieski) is a small town girl whose big plans to go to UM on a track scholarship got waylayed by a knee injury.
She has a boyfriend Jas (Josh Hartnett) that she has known forever, he loves her ("I know you better than anyone, Sam."), but we can see there isn't the passion one expects of true love.Along comes Kelley (Chris Klein), the smart (valedictorian) rich kid who is stuck on himself, the last person Sam's sister and parents want her to get mixed up with.
To rate it a "1" as so many have, or to call it "possibly the worst movie of all time" are just absurd.The DVD was fine, with Dolby 5.1 sound, but the extras consist primarily of several trailers for other films put out by this company..
Leelee Sobieski was as good in this as she was in Joan of Arc. Josh Hartnett who plays her small town (boy)friend was so sweet you almost wanted him to get the girl.
Jasper (Josh Hartnett) is a local hick with a good heart and a bad temper.
I actually liked Josh Hartnett better than I did Klein.
Actors Josh Hartnett and Chris Klein I also give a 10 for having a cute face..
Writer Michael Seitzman also wrote North Country, a movie I'll now be avoiding like the plague.I think "The Plague" was a working title for Here On Earth.This is director Mark Piznarski's only feature film, his credits including television shows, TV movies, and the sixth director for a documentary about drying paint.
It is a movie based entirely on a love triangle with three unlikable characters; consequently, no one cares who ends up with who.
And by the time the climax comes, Sam is so unlikeable you just really don't care what happens to her.Finally, this weak plot may have worked(not likely, but possibly) if they had chosen some different actors.
You don't know why Sam (Leelee Sobieski) falls for Kelley (Chris Klein), or why Jasper (Josh Hartnett) allows it.
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.
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..
Enter Klien, a spoiled rich kid with a bad attitude who burns down her family's restaurant in a chicken race, and Sobieski falls head over heels in love with him because (a) she sees him naked to the waist and sweaty and (b) they like the same poem.
The dialogue is filled with stilted cliches and fortune-cookie attempts at pseudo-philosophy.Apparently aiming at being a moving and profound look at life and love, the film ends up being merely pretentious.
Its a Great love story, surprises, and you can definately feel chemistry between Klein and Sobiesky.
I can't think of one element in this movie that was original, worthy of watching or interesting.Note to all you Josh Hartnett/Chris Klein/LeeLee Sobieski fans - enjoy their collective fifteen minutes, folks, because they're not going to be famous much longer....
Samantha Cavanaugh (Leelee Sobieski) works in her family's restaurant and is the sweetheart of Jasper Arnold (Josh Hartnett).
One day, Kelley Morse (Chris Klein), a spoiled rich young man goes to her restaurant, and challenges and offends Jasper.
I watched this movie just because of the teen stars (Josh Hartnett, Leelee Sobieski and Chris Klein).
The characters totally stink, Klein switches from being a big jerk to a gentleman, and Sobieski is so flat and uninteresting that half way through the movie I kept wishing something would happen and she would just die.This movie is a big waste of time.
Every time that Josh Hartnett was in it, he was either having a fight, starting a fight or sweet talking Sam. After Sam was in hospital i just gived up on this movie.
I never hoped to see the credits on a movie before until i saw this.FINAL THOUGHTS Josh Hartnett should quit the love films and go onto action, thrillers and horrors.
This very poor movie considers true love the one of a pretty face with flowers and a night of pleasure instead of the one of every day, the one that lovers build every minute with every gesture and breath, the not so predictable.
Okay, so maybe I did enjoy the film A LOT for the simple reason of the gorgeous and talented Josh Hartnett being in it but I did think the film was good anyway.
the only character in the film who has a backbone and decency is the poor kid's best friend...Don't waste your time, I've already done that for you....
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..
The main character is arrogant, he's sleazy, he's ungrateful, he makes fun of poor people - it seems like they're setting up some kind of redemption story, but then they forgot to film the redemption parts!
This is the first Chris Klein movie where I don't want to hang out with his character (and yes this includes Street Fighter).Why are we supposed to cheer on Leelee Sobieski as she cheats on her boyfriend with this guy?
They have zero chemistry and they never portray her boyfriend as anything less than a good guy, and I'd argue more women would choose Josh Hartnett over Chris Klein- it's mind-boggling that we're supposed to sympathize with her as she makes out with Klein RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER BOYFRIEND'S BEST FRIEND and he's supposed to be the bad guy for ratting them out?
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.
By the end of this movie you can't stand Klein and you really don't care what happens to Leelee.
Here on EarthFalling for someone out of your social class is only acceptable if you're the poor one.If you're middle-class like the girl in this romantic movie, however, you get to choose.When affluent Kellie (Chris Klein) and the underprivileged Jasper (Josh Hartnett) crash their cars into Sam's (Leelee Sobieski) family's restaurant during a street race, both delinquents are ordered to repair the damages.Although she is seeing Jasper, during the reparations on her parents' place Sam starts dating Kellie for his intellectual prowess.
He hits on waitress Samantha Cavanaugh (Leelee Sobieski) and gets into a road race with her boyfriend Jasper Arnold (Josh Hartnett).
The movie has a great cast who play there characters good, I think we are going to hear a lot more about that three young actors..
Josh Hartnett was the only good thing about this movie, but even he was not enough to save it.
If I had not read the back of the video box before watching the movie, I probably would not have even known what the character's names were.
I like Hartnett's character from the start, probably because I was only watching the movie for him.
So you like the new boy in town, at least have the class and decency to break up with your boyfriend before you start making out, geography style, in the grass.I would give this movie a 1, but I think that Josh Hartnett, and the cows, saved it from that rating so I'm giving it a 2/10..
The characters are merely cookie cutter at best: the young, doomed girl whom is torn between her love of the past and the breath of fresh air sweeping through the sleepy town; Kelley, the poor/rich boy who learns a life lesson and of course Jasper: the jilted lover.
Hiss!Chris Klein is way too sensitive in this movie and Leelee Sobieski's movements are very awkward--in fact it is painful to watch her.
(Think back to the scene in the kitchen with her "dancing" around) Josh Hartnett redeems the movie a bit with a character that actually has more than one layer.
It's definitely not a movie for the intellectual crowd, but I think most teens looking for a good romance will enjoy it.
Chris Klein was very handsome in this movie, so if your a fan of his, you will like that aspect of it.
The actors and actresses did a wonderful job in making you know what they felt like in the movie.
After watching this movie..(don't read the last part if you don't wanna know anything about the ending) I learned that life is too short and not to cheat on anyone because I realized how truly hurtful is really is.
As the end credits rolled by to the strains of Britney-with-vocal-chops Jessica Simpson, it occurred to me that this movie was little more than a vehicle for promoting musicians from the Fox affiliated stable.The plot and characterization are so sterile and free of the burden of reality that I remember thinking more than once "who would care?"I don't think I'm alone when I say that teenage life is just not like this, and few people that I know seriously think "love" is this important and all-consuming.
Here on Earth stars Josh Hartnett and Leelee Sobieski as Jasper and Sam, two semi-poor teenagers who have been best friends/in love all their lives.
Though the ideas are somewhat cliché and trite, the overall ending and film are too good to miss.Rating:Cast: EXCELLENT (5 out of 5)Characters: VERY GOOD (4 out of 5)Success in the overall genre: SUPERB (6 out of 5)Script: TOO GOOD TO RESIST  (1039449359834346443 out of 5)You will be sucked into the emotions of the characters and fall in love, feel you are taking somewhere else, yet stay right here on earth.PS: You won't ever look at Robert Frost's "Birches" again- trust me!.
Kelley (Chris Klein) is a spoiled rich brat at the beginning of the movie and is still one at the end.
i think the plot is quite fine, though a bit old fashioned, is till like it cos it's so touching!this film has a special charming point, the setting is quite cool and the cast is awesome!!!
Chris Klein, Josh Hartnett and Leelee Sobieski star in"Here On Earth," a movie that had promise in the beginning but ran out of gas.Despite the talent of these three young stars, "Here On Earth" falls apart at the seams because there really is no sense of direction as to where the movie should go.
Chris Klein, Josh Hartnett and Leelee Sobieski star in"Here On Earth," a movie that had promise in the beginning but ran out of gas.Despite the talent of these three young stars, "Here On Earth" falls apart at the seams because there really is no sense of direction as to where the movie should go.
I mean who wants to watch a movie about a girl who is trapped between two loves, I unfortunately did because I didn't know going into it."Here On Earth" did do one positive thing for me, which solidified that Chris Klein has come to Hollywood becoming one of the brightest new talents.This is a movie I wanted to see at the theaters, so when it came on video I rented it right away.
I had actually been waiting for weeks for this movie to come out (I love good dramas ecspecially with new, young actors...) I had high expectations for this movie, and although they were nearly met, more plot development and less moping of the characters would have helped.
Still, I found myself feeling sad for the good guy that doesn't get the girl, and happy for the other "good guy"(you have to see it to know what I mean.) Almost everyone around me was crying, and there were many touching points in the movie(ie.-"Kelley's Speech".) For some in the theater, during points that were supposed to make you mad, one guy sitting behind me actually yelled profanities at one of the characters who enraged him.
Talk about involving your audience!All in all ,see this movie when you feel like thinking about life--and the meaning, or lack thereof..
This movie was good, everyone acted great, but this attempt to be a tear-jerker was not there.
Chris Klein (as Kelley) comes across as a despicable elitist throughout the film - his supposed transformation into a nice guy is unconvincing.
Josh Hartnett actually seemed to express some real emotion - in stark contrast to the robotic performances of Klein and Sobieski.The intended moral of the story is that life is precious and you should live every moment to the fullest.
So I will never again waste an hour and a half of my life watching another movie as bad as this one.".
This brings him in contact with a girl with a secret (Leelee Sobieski), who finds herself torn between her new interest and a lifelong friend (Josh Hartnett).The perpetual teen film takes on a new direction with far more sobering, sometimes sweet, but over-sentimental tale of young love.
Hartnett is a rare find, and will be seen later in Virgin Suicides to better advantage, though here he gives a rather nice and intelligent performance in a simple character.There are some lovely elements in Here on Earth, and for its target audience, it's a welcome change from male-dominated teen dramas that flood the market.
Good acting by Leelee Sobieski and Josh Hartnett..
Albeit Leelee Sobieski and Chris Klein, who fell flat through much of the movie, weren't as compelling, real teens were well represented by Josh Hartnett.
the actors were great also, Chris Klein did a great job considering its his 3rd movie.
i thought that the acting was good, but i josh harnett didn't play in enough scenes, it was a great story about love and lost and finding love.
chris klein was great for this being his third movie and leelee was great also.
this movie contained all the young actors in hollywood and it was just a great story about love and family and life..
What was supposed to me a touching, moving romance about 2 teens that fall in love was ruined by a really lousy script, so-so acting, and all together I didn't think the story was put together very well.
Kelley played by Chris Klein (a major HOTTIE) and Sam played by LeeLee Sobieski.
While obviously trying hard to be the "Love Story" of 2000, with a very similar structure, the film fails to capture what made that old movie an instant classic..
Leelee gave an ok performance, Chris' was better but I think Josh's was the best, not just because I'm a fan.
Chris 'dude, don't I look like Keanu Reeves' Klein, Leelee 'I'm Helen Hunt's clone' Sobieski and Josh 'Get me a haircut NOW' Hartnett are great actors if they are given the possibility to prove it.
Otherwise, it's a nice story about being young and in love and feeling torn.I recommend this film if you want to watch something sweet without complexities..
Between Leelees whining, Chris Kleins plastic Ken-doll smile and Josh Hartnets permanently perplexed expression I found it hard to make it through.I think the casting director might have been asleep at the wheel.It is supposed to be a tragic love story but the tragedy begins when you press play and continue to watch.
If you like predictable, dull plots and bad acting this movie is for you!.
Here On Earth is a wonderful heart-touching movie, with good acting all the way through.
If you don't follow my advice, Chris Klein or another horrible actor in this movie might make a good film, and because of this movie you won't be able to bring yourself to watch their movie.
HERE ON EARTH (2000) ** Chris Klein, Leelee Sobieski, Josh Hartnett, Annette O' Toole, Bruce Greenwood, Michael Rooker, Annie Corley.
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.
This movie was TERRIBLE, but Josh Hartnett was great!.
I rented this movie the other day b/c I love romance stories, but this has got to be the worst one I have ever seen in my life.
The only good thing about the movie was Josh Hartnett.
I thought he did a wonderful acting job, and I'm going to start watching more movies of his..
Go back to humping your American Pies.This movie was terrible in almost every sense, save Josh Hartnett's mildly endearing performance as LeeLee's stiffed boyfriend Jasper.
If you like Josh or are thinking of casting a kid who knows a few things, he's your man.
Sam (LeeLee Sobieski) is a raving idiot for living nice guy Jasper (Josh Hartnett) for snobby rich-kid Kelly (Chris Klein)This movie is a piece of trash.
I never really understood for a moment how this romance between Kelley (Chris Klein) and Samantha (Leelee Sobieski) ever got started.
Rich good looking kid gets in trouble, poor girl falls in love with him, jealous ex-boyfriend causes tension..
You want dynamic characters in a movie, but Chris Klein's jumped around so much that you couldn't tell if he was coming or going.
We are lied to, and forced to believe that the funny guy from American Pie (Chris Klein), and the sappy girl from Deep Impact (Leelee Sobieski) are supposed to in love?