Dreadful
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03/07/03
Dear God (1996)
13
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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
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.
03/11/04
[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 title should be spoken with a grave shake of the head.
03/24/02
Well-intentioned and generally likable, it's nevertheless disappointing to think of the film Dear God might have been as compared with the fluffy final edit.
06/05/02
It is a limp, lifeless story starring Greg Kinnear as a con man who becomes a do-gooder, and one of its many problems is that he was a lot more entertaining as a con man.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe movie is as well-intentioned as a Christmas card, but as a work of narrative art, it's a train wreck.
10/15/02
This lightweight comedy is so deathly earnest it forgot the humor.
01/01/00
It is a demonstration that Garry Marshall should retire from directing.
01/01/00
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01/01/00
Top CriticAnnoyingly unfocused comedy flick with nary a laugh to be found.
04/03/05
No review available.
08/16/05
Cutesy comedy that makes good use of the Kinnear charm.
08/30/03
No review available.
06/25/04
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 CriticNo review available.
07/16/04
Together, 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
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