A scene from 'Some Kind of Heaven' by Lance Oppenheim. (Courtesy Magnolia Pictures)
Dennis Dean in 'Some Kind of Heaven' by Lance Oppenheim. (Courtesy Magnolia Pictures)
Richard Schwartz in 'Some Kind of Heaven' by Lance Oppenheim. (Courtesy Magnolia Pictures)
Director Lance Oppenheim poses for a portrait to promote the film 'Some Kind of Heaven' at the Music Lodge during the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2020, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)
NEW YORK — They say opposites attract. Lance Oppenheim was still just an undergraduate at Harvard University when he began working on “Some Kind of Heaven,” a film about senior citizens living in The Villages, Florida — the world’s largest retirement community. Mixing comedy, drama, tragedy, and beauty, this very “cinematic” documentary is a treasure, and also, no doubt, the harbinger of a great new voice.