Videoheaven is a 2025 American documentary film written, produced, and directed by Alex Ross Perry.
Synopsis The film explores the birth, life, death and aftermath of video stores in Hollywood cinema and television.
Release The film premiered at the Rotterdam International Film Festival in January 2025.
Reception Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 71 out of 100, based on four critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
Ben Kenigsberg of The New York Times wrote, "The observations range from the incisive to the grandiose, and at nearly three hours, Videoheaven could stand a tighter edit. Early on, a line of voice-over is sloppily repeated verbatim. And Perry only needs so many clips of obnoxious clerks, even if it's funny to see David Spade repeatedly typecast in that role. But the material will be irresistible to any cinephile who has spent countless hours in these spaces, and a critic would do well to admit susceptibility."
See also Kim's Video - both the video store and the 2023 documentary film about the aforementioned store where the director was an employee Cinephilia The Last Blockbuster
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Official trailer Excerpt