The Door to Heaven (1941)

★★★★★ · Ridiculous. · Spuzz · 2003-04-24

OK, I won't let views of personal religion get into the way of this review (it'll be hard). But, I found this film quite ridiculous in it's attempt to show non-believers how difficult.. or how easy it is to get into "the door of heaven". Although hokey, I must admit of getting a kick of seeing a religious film from 1941. The acting is very broad, and the OBVIOUS dumbing down to make EVERYONE understand (eg, people with boxes with SIN written on them) is too funny. I enjoyed this piece.. but for all the wrong reasons. Highly reccomended!

★★★★★ · Religion for Dummies · ridetheory · 2003-07-29

Man, what a funny short -- and apparently, judging from the other reviews, a film that is just as enjoyable to the scoffers as to believers. I count myself in the former camp, so the boring Sunday-school tone of the film made me giggle all the way through. Don't forget to say goodbye to the unsaved before you go in, because you'll be forgetting them (and everything that makes you who you are) moments later.

★★★★★ · I want more of this collection, please... · Ju-Jo · 2003-03-09

I love this film. It is clear, precise and biblical. I don't speak english fluently, (I'm a spanish speaking person), but I can understand the message very well.

★★★★★ · Hey, Bob Dylan Knocked and He Got In... · Christine Hennig · 2005-09-10

This 40s religious film takes abstract spiritual concepts and makes them concrete through a host of visual aids. Salvation is portrayed as a literal Door to Heaven. Mistaken routes to heaven, such as Good Works, Church Attendance, and (my favorite) Self-Righteousness are also portrayed as doors marked with the proper signs to identify them. Qualities that must be let go of on entrance to heaven are portrayed as actual objects, my favorite being a huge brown-wrapped package labeled SIN (wonder whata in it?). Although amusingly simplistic, this film is utterly charming in its sincerity and…

★★★★★ · Door of Heaven · vb4christ · 2005-05-30

As a Christian, I found this video to be refreshingly unpretentious and scriptural. It brings the audience back to a time of sweet innocence which most "Christian" videos have lost.

★★★★★ · The blessed Gospel's message. · Ernesto Ezequiel Marmol · 2015-02-27

The blessed Gospel's message is exposed on this film to attract all who are called to Heaven. It also features beautiful hymns too. Thank you very much!