Dear God

1996

Action / Comedy

13
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 28% · 34 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 28% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 4366 4.4K

con man letter god money

Plot summary

A judge gives con-man Tom Turner a choice—a jail sentence, or a year of honest work. But when he gets a job in the U.S. Post Office's dead letter office, he starts a Good Samaritan con by answering letters written to God. His seemingly virtuous work inspires his co-workers to do the same, but their good deeds are frowned upon by the postmaster general—and the cops.

Director

Garry Marshall Photo
Garry Marshall

Top cast

Curtis Williams Photo
Curtis Williams as Marguerite's Son
Jim Meskimen Photo
Jim Meskimen as State D.A.
Nancy Marchand Photo
Nancy Marchand as Judge Kits Van Heynigan
Jane Morris Photo
Jane Morris as Sarah Alcott
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945.95 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 52 min
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1.79 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 52 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by OneAnjel 6 / 10

A decent Christmas film with a good message but a bit too much antics

What do you get when you watch a 1996 PG film in 2021? An ambitious story with poorly contrived scenarios and over the top silly antics with a feel-good ending. It was a time when American society lived in a bubble and the film's idea of what a Dear God letter might ask for were mostly trivial, where even the more profound requests were turned into some kind of schlapshtick (Trivia: no longer in the dictionaries but it's not actually spelled slapstick originally; Schlap is German meaning to laugh so hard you fall apart, & shtick is a kind of comedy delivery). But in their effort to make it a PG film, we can understand why there wasn't anything too deep or too emoted. But being a PG film, it does make you wonder if you want your kids exposed to the con man situations such as fake bandages on the hands to trick someone into providing cab fare. It does have a good message so I give it 6 stars. But I'm not really sure it's a good family film and yet it's almost too trivial and contrived for adults to enjoy. But it's probably far better than what most kids watch today with zero supervision.
Reviewed by tabu323 4 / 10

Eh.....

I wish there was a rating between "Liked it" and "Didn't Like It". Because although I didn't DISlike this movie, I can't actually say I LIKED it either. Very lame and weak in a lot of places - Tim Conway gives a GREAT performance as the burned out postal worker. The other performances are just adequate, and that's being kind. I am big fan of Laurie Metcalfe, but this is not a shining moment for her. Ellen Cleghorn's attempt at an accent fails miserably, and Greg Kinnear is not believable as a bad guy. The premise of the story is cute.....but the story sputters to it's predictable ending...and takes too long to get there.
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