Rotten
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.
Leonard Klady, Variety
Dear God
Many people write to God. Somebody is answering.
1996 · 1h 52m · PG
Comedy
Directed by
Garry Marshall
Overview
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 and cast
- Garry Marshall Director
- Greg Kinnear as Tom Turner
- Laurie Metcalf as Rebecca Frazen
- Maria Pitillo as Gloria McKinney
- Tim Conway as Herman Dooly
- Héctor Elizondo as Vladek Vidov
- Jon Seda as Handsome
- Roscoe Lee Browne as Idris Abraham
- Anna Maria Horsford as Lucille Barnett
- Kathleen Marshall as Whispering Wendy
- Isadora O'Boto as Hot Mary
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
12%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Together, these characters discover the ideas of faith and fellowship as the film congratulates itself on its noble instincts.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten
A goofy, goodwill gesture toward the U.S. Postal Service, it's never funny and moves slower than an unaddressed letter without postage.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Rotten
As trite as the framework is, Dear God might have been a charming holiday film, if only its miracles weren't so trite.
Jack Mathews, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
Awkward cuts rob the film of cohesion, and even the charming Kinnear seems to disappear at times amid the chaos -- a real test of viewers' faith.
Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
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