It's freezing outside, two homeless men have one possession between them, a heater. The unfortunate thing is, they have no place to plug that heater in.The two men Ben (Gary Farmer from Powwow Highway) and The Man (Steve Quimette) find a receipt in the heater's package and they're going to take a trip to a suburban mall to get a refund. That'll mean much needed money for both. They travel via the way of the poor, on foot, and they meet a series of truly interesting people from a nurse, a landlady, and several others.Some help, some do not. "The Heater" is an interesting and ironic take on homelessness in Canada. I confess, I got the film for Gary Farmer, whose superb performance in "Powwow Highway" made me an instant fan. I'd like to say I loved "The Heater" or I got some great useful truth from it. The hard truth is it's heartbreaking and neither of the aforementioned happened.Rebecca Kyle, July 2008