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
Dear God (1996)
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Reviews Counted:32
Fresh:4
Rotten:28
Average Rating:3.7/10
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... [More]
Starring: Greg Kinnear, Laurie Metcalf, Tim Conway, Maria Pitillo
Director: Garry Marshall
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Reviews for Dear God
'Dear God' commits the worst sin of all for a comedy -- it evokes very few laughs.
12/14/02
God, this thing is a total piece of junk. Even I'm embarrassed for You, and I'm an atheist.
01/01/00
No review available.
06/25/04
It is a demonstration that Garry Marshall should retire from directing.
01/01/00
The title should be spoken with a grave shake of the head.
03/24/02
A goofy, goodwill gesture toward the U.S. Postal Service, it’s never funny and moves slower than an unaddressed letter without postage.
01/22/02
Top CriticNo review available.
08/16/05
As trite as the framework is, Dear God might have been a charming holiday film, if only its miracles weren't so trite.
02/14/01
Top CriticA sickeningly bad pastiche of much better pictures.
01/01/00
Top CriticTogether, these characters discover the ideas of faith and fellowship as the film congratulates itself on its noble instincts.
05/20/03
Top CriticNo review available.
08/15/02
Ultimately what we have here is further evidence of just how difficult it is to make a film that works.
05/20/03
It unfortunately has an unfinished quality, and plays very much like a good first draft for a much better movie than the one on view.
03/26/09
Top CriticThis lightweight comedy is so deathly earnest it forgot the humor.
01/01/00
[An] embarrassingly heavy-handed descent into the nightmarish maelstrom of feel-good cinema that comes on stronger than a speed-crazed pitbull with its tail on fire.
01/01/00
The movie is as well-intentioned as a Christmas card, but as a work of narrative art, it's a train wreck.
10/15/02
Cute concept, middling execution.
12/28/04
Dreadful
03/07/03
No review available.
07/16/04
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