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Manna From Heaven (2002)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:4
Rotten:18
Average Rating:4.1/10
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.... [More]
Starring: Shirley Jones, Cloris Leachman, Ursula Burton, Louise Fletcher
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Reviews for Manna From Heaven
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 2.5/4 |
The quality of the film doesn't quite match the loving care placed into it. Full Review |
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D- |
A flimsy, overcomplicated little comedy that--despite the title--is hardly a gift to audiences, divine or otherwise. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
Like manna, the movie is sweet but a little thin. Full Review |
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C- |
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. Full Review |
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1/4 |
The movie's cloying cuteness and homespun sanctimony make the low production values even harder to forgive. Full Review |
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2/4 |
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. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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There's a calculated stab at 'feel-good' afoot here, but, more often than not, the film just feels tired. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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Too cute by half and at least a half-hour too long. Full Review |
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2/5 |
A bit amateurish, but wholesome and achingly sweet. Full Review |
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C |
This clumsy comic fable, which mixes Catholic themes, family infighting and a flurry of lame wisecracks, is no gift from God. Full Review |
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2/4 |
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. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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. Full Review |
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2/5 |
The Burtons' hearts are in the right place, but they need to get more tough-minded. Full Review |
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2/4 |
It would be better if it weren't quite so sitcommy and if it didn't outlast its ideas. Full Review |
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Though its heart is in the right place, this would-be feel-good sensation never puts the other pieces together. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
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. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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