History Film / DownToEarth2001

* CouncilOfAngels: Seemingly, God doesn't appear but Keyes and King do. Lance even comments on how they look like certain actors. King does mention that he spoke to God about Lance's problem, who told him to give Lance a new body.

* {{Dramedy}}: While the movie makes a lot of use out of the hilarity of Chris Rock reincarnating into the body of a rich asshole and appearing to [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy act completely out of character]] to everybody around him, it also has its fair share of sad moments. Lance was not fated to die to begin with. While the angels do their best to fix the situation, Lance will inevitably be forced to live a life that is not his own. He starts a relationship with Sontee, but then [[spoiler:his body is killed in front of her because he was becoming too philantropic for the other corrupt people in Wellington's company.]] He manages to convince his mentor Whitney that he is Lance in a new body, but he later has his memory wiped by the same angels and Whitney realizes his protegé effectively suffered a DeathOfPersonality.

* {{Dramedy}}: While the movie makes a lot of use out of the hilarity of Chris Rock reincarnating into the body of a rich asshole and appearing to [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy act completely out of character]] to everybody around him, the movie also has its fair share of sad moments. Lance was not fated to die to begin with. While the angels do their best to fix the situation, Lance will inevitably be forced to live a life that is not his own. He starts a relationship with Sontee, but then [[spoiler:his body is killed in front of her because he was becoming too philantropic for the other corrupt people in Wellington's company.]] He manages to convince his mentor Whitney that he is Lance in a new body, but he later has his memory wiped by the same angels and Whitney realizes his protegé effectively suffered a DeathOfPersonality.

* {{Dramedy}}: While the movie makes a lot of use out of the hilarity of Chris Rock reincarnating into the body of a rich asshole and appearing to [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy act completely out of character]] to everybody around him, the movie also has its fair share of sad moments. Lance was not fated to die to begin with. While the angels do their best to fix the situation, Lance will inevitably be forced to live a life that is not his own. He starts a relationship with Sontee, but then [[spoiler:his body is killed in front of her because he was becoming too philantropic for the other corrupt people in his company.]] He manages to convince his mentor Whitney that he is Lance in a new body, but he later has his memory wiped by the same angels and Whitney realizes his protegé effectively suffered a DeathOfPersonality.

Lance Barton (Rock) is a black struggling standup comic. He's run over by a truck and goes to Heaven, where he's reincarnated in the body of a rich, middle-aged white man.

* CouncilOfAngels: Seemingly, God doesn't appear but Keyes and King do. Lance even comments on how they look like certain actors.

* AdaptationNameChange: All of the characters. Joe Pendleton becomes Lance Barton, Max Corkle becomes Whitney Daniels, Betty Logan becomes Sontee Jenkins, Mr. King becomes Mr Jordan, Farnsworth becomes Wellington, etc.

* BittersweetEnding: Lance forgets his previous lives as Lance and Charles Wellington, Sontee and Whitney included, fully reincarnating as Joe Guy. However, both still wind up as a part of his new life and wind up caring about him as much as they did his previous selves.

This 2001 comedy, directed by Chris and Paul Weitz and starring Creator/ChrisRock (who helped to write the screenplay along with Creator/LouisCK), is basically a remake of ''Film/HereComesMrJordan'' and ''Film/{{Heaven Can Wait|1978}}''.

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* Trumplica: Charles Wellington III, has the hair, figure, business empire and is married to a much younger wife. Lance Buton stepping into his skin causes Charles' apparent personality to do a complete 180° a change that ''everyone'' notices.

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: Unlike the previous versions, this time the angel is actually waiting for Lance to take him to Heaven, raising the question of why he was there in the first place if Lance wasn't actually supposed to die. It's possible, though, that this is standard operating procedure for people about to be plowed down by semis, as [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome any collision between the two will end in something so gory it can't be shown in a PG-13 movie]].
* CloserToEarth: The (mostly black and/or working class) domestic staff, vs. the upper-class white characters, all of whom are pretty evil.

* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Creator/ChrisRock plays a stand-up comedian who dies and whose soul is put into the body of a wealthy middle-aged white guy. So, now you got a typical white board member acting and talking like, well, Chris Rock. To everyone but him, he looks like a typical example of this trope. He even gets punched out once by a pair of black guys for singing along to "[[Music/{{DMX}} Ruff Ryders' Anthem]]" in a public place, and the audience's reaction when he goes to a comedy club at a black neighborhood and starts to deliver his usual routine is priceless. Then there is an attempt by the white guy's wife (played by Jennifer Coolidge) to act "street" to get his attention.

* Trumplica: Charles Wellington III, has the hair figure, buisness empire and much younger wife. Lance Buton stepping into his skin causes his personality to do a complete 180° that ''everyone'' notices.

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: Unlike the previous versions, this time the angel is actually waiting for Lance to take him to Heaven, raising the question of why he was there in the first place if Lance wasn't actually supposed to die.

* RealityEnsues: Forget about trying to return to your body before it's burned if your premature death was the result of a road accident involving a semitruck--unlike in the films it remakes, ''Down to Earth'' acknowledges that such a body would be as totaled as the bike it was riding.
-->'''King''': Here's the story. Your body's gone, adios, sayonara. ¿Comprende?

-->'''King''': Here's the story. Your body's gone, adios, sayonara. Comprende?

* ShutUpKiss: Lampshaded. I forget who kissed who first, but they talk about how in movies, when couples talk, they're always interrupted by a...

A 2001 comedy starring Creator/ChrisRock as a black struggling standup comic. He's run over by a truck and goes to Heaven, where he's reincarnated in the body of a rich, middle-aged white man. A remake of ''Film/{{Heaven Can Wait|1978}}''.

Some tropes found in the film include:

2001 comedy starring Creator/ChrisRock as a black struggling standup comic. He's run over by a truck and goes to heaven, where he's reincarnated in the body of a rich, middle-aged white man. A remake of ''Film/HeavenCanWait."

* CloserToEarth : The (mostly black and/or working class) domestic staff, vs. the upper-class white characters, all of whom are pretty evil.
* FreakyFridayFlip : The premise.