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Manna From Heaven

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Manna From Heaven (2002)

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Reviews Counted: 22 Fresh: 4  Rotten:18 Average Rating: 4.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins
Box Office: $120,982
Synopsis:
MANNA FROM HEAVEN is a witty fable about what happens when you get a gift from God (a financial windfall), but many years later you find out it was a just a loan -- and it’s due immediately. Once upon a time, a neighborhood in Buffalo, NY is mysteriously showered with 20-dollar bills. Theresa,... [More]
MANNA FROM HEAVEN is a witty fable about what happens when you get a gift from God (a financial windfall), but many years later you find out it was a just a loan -- and it’s due immediately. Once upon a time, a neighborhood in Buffalo, NY is mysteriously showered with 20-dollar bills. Theresa, a young girl who everyone thinks is a saint, doesn’t have much trouble convincing her loose-knit "family" that the money is a gift from Heaven. Years later, Theresa, who has become a nun, has an epiphany that it is time to pay the money back, so she calls the eccentric group together to repay the "loan." The problem is, nobody wants to give back the money, nobody has the money, they don’t know to whom it belongs, and most of them can’t stand each other. What follows is a rollercoaster of comic twists and turns. Along the way, the characters learn about family, romance, reconciliation and redemption. By working together they begin to realize their full potential and each, in a moment of selflessness, finds the dreams they thought the money would buy them. -- © 2001 Five Sisters Productions [Less]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Shirley Jones, Cloris Leachman, Ursula Burton, Louise Fletcher, Seymour Cassel

DVD Info

Release:

Jul 12, 2005

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • [unspecified] - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. Gabrielle and Maria Burton - Directors
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Outtakes
  • Interview - 1. Gabrielle Burton - Co-Director, Co-Producer, and Writer
  • Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
  • 2. TV Spot

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Photo Gallery

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The quality of the film doesn't quite match the loving care placed into it.

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12/05/03 01:11 AM
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing
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A flimsy, overcomplicated little comedy that--despite the title--is hardly a gift to audiences, divine or otherwise.

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11/11/03 08:29 AM
Frank Swietek
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Like manna, the movie is sweet but a little thin.

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11/05/03 07:30 AM
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com
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You can tell what Manna wants to be -- a light-hearted-yet-profound, feel-good flick in the same vein as It's a Wonderful Life -- but it falls woefully short.

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10/23/03 06:24 PM
Matt Weitz
Dallas Morning News
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The movie's cloying cuteness and homespun sanctimony make the low production values even harder to forgive.

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10/17/03 09:36 AM
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune
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You may pull a muscle trying not to cringe as such long-time screen veterans as Shirley Jones, Cloris Leachman and Frank Gorshin embarrass themselves with over-the-top performances.

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10/10/03 06:54 PM
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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Manna from Heaven is labor of love that may not be the best film of the year, but at least you'll come away smiling.

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06/14/03 08:02 AM
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan
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There's a calculated stab at 'feel-good' afoot here, but, more often than not, the film just feels tired.

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04/26/03 08:02 AM
Harry Haun
Film Journal International
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It's shot like a Lifetime-influenced student film, and the overall artlessness makes the spoony dialogue all the more glaring.

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04/08/03 03:01 PM
Nat Johnson
Village Voice
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Too cute by half and at least a half-hour too long.

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04/07/03 05:03 PM
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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A bit amateurish, but wholesome and achingly sweet.

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04/04/03 06:29 PM
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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This clumsy comic fable, which mixes Catholic themes, family infighting and a flurry of lame wisecracks, is no gift from God.

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04/04/03 08:02 AM
E! Online
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The five sisters responsible for the old-fashioned fable 'Manna From Heaven' have a lot of plates spinning in the air -- but even their 10 hands aren't enough to overcome the hokey, overstuffed plot and a messily hand-stitched, often illogical script.

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04/04/03 08:02 AM
Megan Lehmann
New York Post
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While it would be easy to fault its lack of technical polish, somewhat discursive script and uneven performances, it is also refreshingly sincere, gentle and good-natured.

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04/03/03 07:15 PM
Dave Kehr
New York Times
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The Burtons' hearts are in the right place, but they need to get more tough-minded.

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04/03/03 05:44 PM
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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It would be better if it weren't quite so sitcommy and if it didn't outlast its ideas.

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04/03/03 03:34 PM
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor
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Though its heart is in the right place, this would-be feel-good sensation never puts the other pieces together.

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04/03/03 02:52 PM
Mark Olsen
L.A. Weekly
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Manna from Heaven is a creakily old-fashioned screed about Christian selflessness and charity, staged and shot like a Lifetime movie-of-the-week.

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03/19/03 08:08 AM
Nick Schager
Slant Magazine
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Like a hand-knitted sweater, it's a little lumpy and ill-fitting, but it has a wonderful texture and attractive color and is just fine for making you feel warm and cozy.

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11/03/02 08:04 AM
Bridget Byrne
Boxoffice Magazine
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Overall it is a nice effort by Five Sisters Productions, which has given audiences a much-needed reprieve from the angst, irony and mean-spiritedness that is endemic to modern cinema.

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10/24/02 06:59 PM
Natalie Hopkinson
Washington Post
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