this movie be a re write of the 1978 warren beatty movie and heaven can wait and but it be write for the stand up comedic style of mr rock . the premise remain the same represent lance barton and ( rock ) be take before his life time be up and work a deal with god representative and mr king and to come back to earth a someone else . a in beatty movie while he choose the murdered charles wellington and a rich white man and all because he fancy sontee jenkins ( regina king ) who happen to turn up at wellington house during the murder . the role of mrs wellington and her lover suffers in this remake and the idea to turn an aged white multi millionaire into a stand up black comedian who try to woo sontee simply do not work . also the intercuts use to show rock a wellington and then a the real white wellington and fail miserably . improvement could have be make to the original beatty plot which in itself do not masterfully portray the life after death idea but they certainly be not to be find in down to earth .