The film is professionally mounted, smoothly constructed and carried with ease by Czerny’s assured performance.
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08/07/08
Conversations with God (2006)
7 %
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Reviews Counted: 44
Fresh: 3
Rotten:41
Average Rating: 3.4/10
Consensus: At some point in the conversation, God must have asked for a subtler, deeper film.
Theatrical Release:Oct 27, 2006 Limited
Box Office: $297,883
Synopsis: CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD is based on the series of books of the same name from writer Neale Donald Walsch. Henry Czerny stars as the author as he embarks on a spiritual journey after reaching his... [More]
Starring: Henry Czerny, Vilma Silva, Bruce Page, Abdul Salaam el Razzac
Director: Stephen Simon
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Reviews for Conversations with God
A coda after the closing credits, encouraging divine dialogues in general, does little to dispel the hagiographic aftertaste.
04/21/07
Top CriticResembles a vanity project that looks as though every frame was submitted by producer-director Simon to Mr. Walsch for his approval.
01/19/07
The facial hair that actor Henry Czerny is forced to wear in Conversations With God is ludicrous, even laughable -- as is much of this film.
12/08/06
...boils down to the assertion that God is that voice in your head, a fairly innocent concept until God starts telling you to do something wrong.
11/16/06
A terminally muddled movie, uncertain as to whether it's promoting Neale, God, Mammon, Putnam Books or the capitalist exploitation of spiritual need.
11/10/06
Top CriticAn amateurishly assembled movie-of-the- week-calibre feature with little dramatic energy for the depiction of a life-changing epiphany.
11/10/06
Although Stephen Simon's film has the mawkish trappings of an inspirational tale, its unseemly emphasis on monetary matters makes Walsch seem less interested in the spiritual possibilities of his celestial networking skills than their financial benefits.
11/10/06
Top CriticB movie w/ good heart. Not everyone will buy into the spirituality dogma, I'm not sure I do. But, there is a definite need for all of us to take a deeper look into our souls.
11/07/06
A conversation with God should be inspirational and moving, but this conversation loses some of the magnificence and glory when it's channeled through this very ordinary movie.
11/04/06
Simon has made a garish, lumpy, melodramatic and altogether unconvincing film about a man hitting bottom and then hearing a voice that helps him regain a place in the world (and a pretty rich place, at that).
11/03/06
This film adaptation of Neale Donald Walsch's best-selling book series plays more like an infomercial than a thoughtful exploration of religious issues.
11/02/06
Top CriticWhat He does want, according to Walsch, is for us to have jobs we really like, and to make money. Lots of money.
11/01/06
Top CriticThe story of Walsch's travails never strains credulity, though helmer Simon's predilection for spiritual vistas with light breaking through clouds, arrested close-ups and endless long dissolves often skirts kitsch.
10/30/06
Top CriticBomides of the most banal sort...If you don't already belong to the choir, the preaching isn't likely to make much of an impression.
10/30/06
Corny and harmless.
10/30/06
What Walsch’s message ultimately amounts to is for theologians and consumers to decide, but this uninspired presentation certainly drains it of some mystery and risks turning his writings into the ultimate self-help guide.
10/29/06
The film has nuggets here and there, which hint of something more, but all we get are situation and opaque, one-dimensional characters.
10/28/06
What is unclear (to me, at least) is the process by which Walsch answered 'yes' to God's question and suddenly became a writer, doing what appears to be automatic writing of his first book.
10/28/06
Conversations with God is a bad film about good things that many people will find enlightening. Its message is admirable, its filmmaking as bland as a communion wafer.
10/27/06
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