Down to Earth

Comic Chris Rock co-scripted and stars in this remake of 1941’s Here Comes Mr. Jordan, which was also remade with Warren Beatty in 1978 as Heaven Can Wait. Comedian Lance Barton (Rock) is struggling to get his career off the ground when he dies in an untimely bus accident; arriving at the Pearly Gates, he discovers that he’s not supposed to have passed on for another 50 years. Barton is not happy with this turn of events, and eventually the Powers That Be send his spirit back to Earth, but for the time being he has to make do with the body of a middle-aged, closed-minded millionaire, Charles Wellington. Lance falls in love with a young community activist (Regina King), but he soon finds he has bigger problems at home: the millionaire’s wife and her lover are both trying to kill him. The supporting cast includes Mark Addy as an actor passing himself off as an English manservant, Chazz Palminteri as Mr. King, Heaven’s no-nonsense manager, and Eugene Levy as Mr. Keyes, the angel who accidentally ends Barton’s life., After dying before his time, an aspiring comic gets a second shot at life…by being reincarnated as a wealthy but un-likeable businessman., Struggling stand up Lance Barton keeps dying on stage, but when he’s hit by a truck, God gives him one more chance at life as a wealthy white guy., Chris Rock rolls into reincarnation madness in this comedy based on 1978’s “Heaven Can Wait.” When a heavenly mix-up causes struggling black stand-up comic Lance Barton (Rock) to die before his time, he is sent back down to the mortal world in the form of a rich—and white—old-timer named Charles Wellington. Regina King, Chazz Palminteri, Eugene Levy, Frankie Faison., Bike courier Lance Barton doesn’t know what he’s doing wrong. Everyone tells him he’s a funny guy, but as soon as he steps on stage, he dies. When he’s hit by a truck, God gives him one more chance, as wealthy white guy Charles Wellington. And this time, Lance is going to get the giggles and the girl., A heavenly mix-up causes the untimely death of a black comic, who returns to Earth as a rich—and white—old-timer., After dying before his time, an aspiring comic gets a second shot at life by being reincarnated as a wealthy but un- likeable businessman.