Comments on: Here Comes Mr. Jordan

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 12:25:15 +0000

Review by for Mr. Destiny Rating: This is a real sleeper, I found it late one night on HBO or showtime, John Belushi is great and with supporting actors like Michael Cane, this is a great movie, leaves you feeling good about life!

By: larry ybarra

larry ybarra — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:54:16 +0000

Review by larry ybarra for Mr. Destiny Rating: how often do you wonder if an event in your life would have had an impact on your future??? what if you would have a chance to re-live that moment once again??? would your life be differnt??? too many times we torment our present lives only to realize that we are better off the way we now live. after seeing this movie you realize that just like in "The Wizard of Oz" or "It's a Wonderful Life" happiness is always in front of you and the past is just a lesson in becoming a a better person cause you appreciate what you have and not what you might have had. :O) great family movie and it should be re-released.

By: S. Brand

S. Brand — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:35:34 +0000

Review by S. Brand for Mr. Destiny Rating: Mr. Destiny is not only fun entertainment, it deals with the question every person asks at some time in their life: How would my life be different now if only I had....? James Belushi charmingly plays the man who lost his job, and finds himself wishing he could change his past and start over. He finds his chance to do just that after a little magical intervention by Mr. Destiny (Michael Caine). With just one change in his past...from losing the big baseball game, to winning it, Belushi's life takes a different path. Suddenly plopped into his new life, with a different wife and a different job, he encounters many troublesome adventures...humorous for the viewer, but disastrous for Belushi. Just at the point of hopelessness, Mr. Destiny intervenes again, but I won't give away anymore of the plot here. I loved Belushi's character... in spite of his troubles, he confronts all situations with grace and humor. The movie is sweet, funny, and even carries an encouraging message: Don't regret the past, but go forward and make the best of what you've got!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:12:01 +0000

Review by for Mr. Destiny Rating: It's been 5 years since I last saw this movie, but it sticks in my head like yesterday. Jim Beulushi is awesome in Mr. Destiny, along with his co-stars, Linda Hamilton and Renee Russo. I have been looking everywhere for this video. I would love to see Amazon.com release this movie for viewers like myself. I'd be grateful.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:10:26 +0000

Review by for Mr. Destiny Rating: Would love to see this released again--including DVD. It is a movie you MUST have in your collection. Like "It's a Wonderful Life", it makes you realize what you have is maybe all you REALLY want.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:26:28 +0000

Review by for Here Comes Mr. Jordan Rating: Robert Montgomery stars as prizefighter Joe Pendleton who is taken to heaven 50 years before he should be up there. When a new body is found for him by Mr. Jordan, first that of a banker Farnsworth and then boxer K.O. Murdock (his true destiny), things really get hilarious when he assumes the identities of both, but to himself and the viewer, he is still Joe: body and voice. Yet to family members and strangers he is Farnsworth. The moments spent with Joe and Jordan are priceless. They are better seen then described. Definately worth buying!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:07:25 +0000

Review by for Here Comes Mr. Jordan Rating: If you really want to get depressed, watch the Warren Beatty remake of this classic.If you wish to save the tylenol...dont even watch the remake. Catch this wonderful film with all its great supporting players.This is one of Robert Montgomery,s best films. Claude Rains and Edward Everett Horton add their own magic to the proceedings. In addition, the blue ribbon supporting cast includes; Donald MacBride, Rita Johnson, James Gleason and John Emery. Sometimes its absurd, sometimes its dated, sometimes a bit whimsical..however at the end of the final reel..all will be set right ..with the characters and the audience. Alas, most of the actors who who brought this film to life are gone...they were all endowed with " The Right Stuff" in more subtle ways imaginable.CP

By: Robert Moore

Robert Moore — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 09:27:10 +0000

Review by Robert Moore for Here Comes Mr. Jordan Rating: It is a shame that this delightful comedy isn't better known today. Part of the reason might lie in the fact that the film's star Robert Montgomery (father of Elizabeth Montgomery of BEWITCHED), after a stint in the military in WW II, did very little acting following the war. Therefore, he doesn't have many later films to draw attention to his career as a whole. Also, after the war he because deeply involved in political matters, and was one of Hollywood's more avid Communist hunters. For whatever reason, the film does not today have the reputation it deserves. There have been two remakes of this film, so some explanation is in order. HERE COMES MR. JORDAN was a film version of a play by Harry Segal titled HEAVEN CAN WAIT. There was a 1944 film by Ernst Lubitsch called HEAVEN CAN WAIT starring Don Ameche, but that movie had nothing in common with HERE COMES MR. JORDAN (apart from being an equally superb comedy). In 1978, Warren Beatty wanted to remake HERE COMES MR. JORDAN using the original play's title with Muhammad Ali in the lead role, but Ali's schedule made this impossible, so he cast himself in the lead and transformed the central character into a football quarterback. Not as good as the original film, this actually wasn't a bad movie at all. In 2001, the film was remade again as DOWN TO EARTH, starring Chris Rock. I often love Chris Rock, but this film is not merely one of the low points of his career: it is a miserable film on every level, with the dreadful decision to make our hero a comic rather than an athlete.Because of the remakes, the plot is familiar: Joe Pendleton, a boxer with a penchant for playing the saxophone and a shot at the title, is accidentally taken to heaven fifty years too early by an overzealous angel who wrongly assumes that he is about to die. The angel, Messenger 7013 (played marvelously by the inimitable Edward Everett Horton), brings Joe to his supervisor, Mr. Jordan (played magnificently by the ultra-suave and civilized Claude Rains). It is decided to provide Joe with a new body, where upon he tries in his new millionaire's body to get back into shape ("in the pink") in order to get a new shot at the championship. The only trouble is that the millionaire's wife and lover want to kill him so they can get his money and each other. Rounding out a great cast is Evelyn Keyes as the girlfriend of Joe (and the love interest of his subsequent incarnations) and James Gleason, Joe's trainer, who nearly steals ever scene he is in. The scene where Joe, in his new body, hires Gleason and then tries to convince him of his real identity, is just hysterical. More people need to see this film. It remains one of the finer comedies made immediately before the onset of WW II, and is vastly better than the two films based upon it. It deserves far more attention than it has, in recent years, received.

By: B. Ross

B. Ross — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 09:20:49 +0000

Review by B. Ross for Here Comes Mr. Jordan Rating: .
Unique... from the Latin 'one'---"only one of its kind."

"Here Comes Mr. Jordan" (1941) starring Robert Montgomery, Evelyn Keyes, Claude Rains and James Gleason (nominated for a Best Supporting Oscar for Max Corkle) ... and let's not omit the great Donald MacBride who plays police inspector Williams. All are perfect for their roles. Better than perfect---ideal!

But, that said, studio president Harry Cohn had to be cajoled and convinced to make the film. Columbia Pictures' financial advisors had their doubts as to its box-office potential. All the bankers wanted was "what sold last year."

That notwithstanding, this wonderful film went on to receive a total of seven 1941 nominations, including Best Picture, and won two Oscars (Best Motion Picture Story and Best Screenplay).

*I'm indebted to the reviewer "Mikey" for his earlier review: "Joe Pendelton says, Evelyn Keyes GOOD... Rita Johnson BAD!" which he posted here on December 19, 2006---the first review of the DVD and its artwork.

Mikey, I am MOST obliged to you for posting (sharing) your images/clips from the film showing the actors and the roles they played, and for explaining the unbefitting and lamentable errors made regarding this DVD's cover art. It is regrettable that this cover received such a paltry, meager effort from its producers. Thanks again for that timely information.

- And my final words... Evelyn Keyes is a stunningly beautiful woman Period. -

By: Mikey

Mikey — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 09:01:26 +0000

Review by Mikey for Here Comes Mr. Jordan Rating: (January 1, 2007)

A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL MOTION PICTURE...

Very happy to see that this terrific film will finally be struck to DVD.

But please, Sony, correct the cover art faux pas that has plagued this great film since its VHS release.

The actress pictured next to Robert Montgomery should be Evelyn Keyes, but is NOT!

Instead, actress Rita Johnson is pictured. Rita Johnson played the part of the murdering, adulteress wife of Bruce Farnsworth (Montgomery) in the flim. :-

This art was obviously created or selected by someone who has never viewed this fine film--or the very beautiful Evelyn Keyes.

Please, Sony, correct this miscue before this DVD's February release date.