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Sorry, this movie sucks

Absolutely the worst movie.

A Major Disappointment

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Brazil the Spiritism's country,states that is too easy to understand about the movie is totally true,the dramatization and happenings is just to expose how the whole things works,James Van Praagh is a famous american medium,who wrote books and co-produced this fine movie,as shown in the story,mostly of people are skeptics about this matter,the materilist life is about to finish,soon the the next generation a new breed of civilization will arrrives here and everything will change,this revealing picture is utmost importance to unbelievres!!Resume:First watch: 2015 / How many: 2 / Source: DVD / Rating: 8

Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen star in "Living with the Dead," a 2002 Hallmark film based on the book by James van Praagh,"Talking to Heaven." The film also stars Queen Latifah, Michael Moriarity, and Jack Palance. I am interested in spiritual phenomenon, but I'll be honest and say that I've never been a particular fan of James van Praagh. I can't even really tell you why, I just never found him particularly authentic.I'm guessing that van Praagh's book is non-fiction regarding the early life of the main character but that the adult part is fiction. I could be wrong; I don't know that much about his life. In the movie, van Praagh realizes his psychic abilities early on and is encouraged by his mother not to discuss them (and as it turns out, his mother had the same ability). Therefore, he grows up to find his abilities an annoyance. When young boys who are deceased start to appear to him, ask for help, and try to give him a message, his life becomes nearly unlivable. A police detective (Steenburgen) believes him and works with him on the case -- one of the boys had disappeared some 30 years earlier.I found this movie scary, suspenseful, spiritual, and very well acted by all involved. It has a very slow buildup -- it's in two parts - and as the years go on, we become less and less used to stories that have the art of the buildup. However, I urge you to stick with it.There has been a proliferation of this type of material since 1999's "The Sixth Sense" both in films and on television. I think this is one of the better ones.

It seems that there are several shows using the after death theme lately. In a culture that doesn't talk much about death this may help people become more open minded and comfortable with death. I like movies with real life husband and wife actors performing in a film. This movie kept my attention throughout even though at times it did drag a bit. It was interesting seeing Queen Latifa act without being funny. I am most moved by the ending of the movie. I didn't see it coming and that is refreshing. More importantly, the message of forgiveness and love in such a spiritually profound, visual and moving manner was very unique. I am grateful that I chanced upon it. There are no accidents only experiences.

"Living With The Dead" is an excellent and very compelling film. I am not a huge fan of horror films and I hated "The Sixth Sense" for some odd reason, anyway when I first saw this film advertised on CBS I promised myself that I would resist at all costs and watch "Taxi Driver" on DVD instead, but then this made for television film started and to my surprise I was totally involved with the story and felt a connection to the character of James (I don't see dead people, if that's what you're thinking). I sat there by the tv totally mesmerised by this spectacular story. The story, directing, dialoge, acting, and suspence are all top-notch. I really loved the performances in this mini-series, I thought every actor played his/her part perfectly, but there are two people that I was really impressed with, when I saw the previews I didn't expect much out of Queen Latifa because I never really considered her to be an "actress", but she was just excellent in this film, gave me a newfound respect for what she does. The other performance I was surprised by was given by Ted Danson. You see I have always thought of Danson as a comedic genius because of his work from "Cheers" and most recently "Becker", but I have never thought of him as a dramatic actor so I didn't expect much from him either, but once again I was taken by surprise as this man really became the character and played the part perfectly. He was extraordinary in this movie.Bottomline: It's a really great film that I hope to see again sometime.Final-Grade: 8/10