Rotten
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.
Matt Weitz, Dallas Morning News
Manna from Heaven
What happens when a "gift from God" turns out to be a loan?
2002 · 1h 59m · PG
Comedy
Directed by
Gabrielle Burton
,
Maria Burton
Overview
Once upon a time, a neighborhood in Buffalo, New York was mysteriously showered with $20 bills. Theresa, a young girl who everyone thinks is a saint, doesn’t have much trouble convincing her loose-knit found 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.
Director and cast
- Gabrielle Burton Director
- Maria Burton Director
- Shirley Jones as Bunny
- Cloris Leachman as Helen
- Louise Fletcher as Mother Superior
- Seymour Cassel as Stanley
- Frank Gorshin as Ed
- Wendie Malick as Inez
- Jill Eikenberry as Dottie
- Austin Pendleton as Two-Digit Doyle
- Shelley Duvall as Detective Dubrinski
- Hallee Hirsh as Young Theresa
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
22%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's shot like a Lifetime-influenced student film, and the overall artlessness makes the spoony dialogue all the more glaring.
Nat Johnson, Village Voice
Rotten
Too cute by half and at least a half-hour too long.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten
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.
Megan Lehmann, New York Post
Fresh
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.
Dave Kehr, New York Times
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