Search - The Heavenly Kid

Ever since the "Topper" movies made ghosts likeable and helpful, films like The Heavenly Kid have taken up the theme with varying degrees of success. In this version of life after death, Bobby (Lewis Smith) is a teen who dies in a drag race as he goes over a cliff. He then enters a curious "mass transit" system that will not take him "uptown" until he returns back to earth and gains a little more virtue. And so Bobby is assigned the thankless task of converting Lenny (Jason Gedrick) into a self-confident individual who can date women without fear (not exactly on a par with bringing peace to the world, but this is a teen movie). There are some twists and turns along the way, though nothing shakes up the status quo or ventures beyond the already imagined. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

Lewis Smith - Bobby
Jason Gedrick - Lenny
Richard Mulligan - Rafferty
Jane Kaczmarek - Emily
Mark Metcalf - Joe

These movies have the touch and feel of The Heavenly Kid...
16	Fun with Dick and Jane (PG)
37	White Men Can't Jump (R)
2	The Heartbreak Kid [Fullscreen] (PG)
S	Kiss Me Goodbye (PG)
71	Hot Shots! (PG-13)
49	Buffy the Vampire Slayer (PG-13)
2	Saigon: Year of the Cat (NR)
8	The Owl and the Pussycat (PG)
19	The Commitments (R)
46	Weird Science [Widescreen] (PG-13)
2	Against Her Will/Wounded Heart (NR)
These movies have the subject or theme of The Heavenly Kid...
8	Ghost Dad (PG)
4	Heaven Can Wait [Criterion Collection]
22	Always (PG)
8	Truly Madly Deeply (PG)
1	School Spirit (R)
5	Heart Condition (R)
97	Ghost [Widescreen] (PG-13)
12	The Wraith (PG-13)
S	Kiss Me Goodbye (PG)
50	It's a Wonderful Life (NR)
S	Dona Flor E Seus Dois Maridos
7	Topper Returns
6	The Cat People/The Curse of the Cat People (NR)
13	High Spirits (PG-13)
12	Heart and Souls (PG-13)
3	Topper/Topper Returns (NR)
These movies share cast/crew with The Heavenly Kid...
S	The Final Terror (R)
6	Vice Versa (PG)
4	Mr. North (PG)
4	Southern Comfort (R)
3	Micki and Maude (PG-13)
13	Little Big Man (PG-13)
9	Teachers (R)
3	S.O.B. (R)
1	Promised Land (R)
6	Falling in Love (PG-13)
5	Where the Buffalo Roam (R)
3	Trail of the Pink Panther (PG)
These movies cover the same subjects as The Heavenly Kid...
37	Grease 2 (PG)
These movies are similar to The Heavenly Kid...
50	It's a Wonderful Life (NR)
3	Topper/Topper Returns (NR)