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Dear God

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Dear God (1996)

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Reviews Counted: 21

Fresh: 2

Rotten:19

Average Rating: 3.5/10

Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: In lieu of prison, fast-talking con artist Tom Turner (Greg Kinnear) is sentenced to employment in the dead letter department of the post office. Turner thinks he has found a perfect solution for... In lieu of prison, fast-talking con artist Tom Turner (Greg Kinnear) is sentenced to employment in the dead letter department of the post office. Turner thinks he has found a perfect solution for all the undeliverable mail--and his own gambling debts--when he begins to plunder valuables found in the discarded letters. But when he mistakenly sends money meant for his bookie to the address of one of the "Dear God" letters, Turner finds himself the unexpected leader of a crusade of good will--and an accidental hero to the entire city. [More]

Starring: Greg Kinnear, Laurie Metcalf, Tim Conway, Maria Pitillo

Starring: Greg Kinnear, Laurie Metcalf, Tim Conway, Maria Pitillo, Roscoe Lee Browne, Jon Seda, Hector Elizondo

Director: Garry Marshall

Director: Garry Marshall
Screenwriter: Warren Leight, Ed Kaplan
Producer: Steve Tisch
Composer: Jeremy Lubbock, James Patrick Dunne

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Robin Clifford
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Annoyingly unfocused comedy flick with nary a laugh to be found.

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04/03/05
Scott Weinberg
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Cute concept, middling execution.

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12/28/04
Michael Dequina
Mr. Brown's Movies

This shows Greg Kinnear at his most forced. Director Garry Marshall should've given Kinnear and the other actors more depth before taking it to the silver screen.

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10/15/04
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03/11/04
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Cutesy comedy that makes good use of the Kinnear charm.

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Jim Shelby
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Dreadful

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03/07/03
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat

'Dear God' commits the worst sin of all for a comedy -- it evokes very few laughs.

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Betty Jo Tucker
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Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer

In its own light-hearted way makes a good case for the spiritual benefits of service.

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