The Heavenly Kid
Despite being crippled by a low budget and a wretched soundtrack that makes you want to ram tree branches into your ears this film won me over with its charm.
Bobby is a cool Fonz-style greaser who dies in a racing accident sometime around 1968. Once in the afterlife he’s is informed that he cannot get into Heaven unless he accomplishes an assignment. Bobby agrees and 17 years later he returns in Ft. Lauderdale assigned to help a “spazolla” named Lenny. Kinda sounds like an episode of “Highway to Heaven” doesn’t it?
Filled with funny moments, a good story and some unbelievably bad clothes this is a great 80′s time capsule that the entire family can enjoy. My favorite moment is right after his makeover when he goes out trying to impress girls. God, I laughed for two minutes when he shot those cigarettes across the room.