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Gates of Heaven

1978

Errol Morris

Documentary

6.9

371

Documentary Funny, inspiring, and bizarre, "Gates of Heaven" is the celebrated pet cemeteries documentary that is in reality an unorthodox look at life. Inspired by an article entitled "450 Dead Pets Going to Napa Valley," Errol Morris set out to capture the event which centered around the transport of hundreds of animal remains from one pet cemetery to another. Pet cemetery proprietors, embalmers, pet owners and others speak about life, work, and feelings. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"'Gates of Heaven' is so rich and thought-provoking, it achieves so much while seeming to strain so little, that it stays in your mind for tantalizing days (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Chris Cabin Slant	"Fascinating and enthralling (...) [It is about] the fallibility of authenticity, and how falseness can often say so much more about a person, town, institution, or business than 'reality' (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"A real treat of everyday surrealism"	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"A detailed look at pet cemeteries (...) The apparent cruelty of the deadpan satire gradually gives way to something more compassionate, as well as deeper and stranger."	POS

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