Heaven Is for Real
Sony Pictures Releasing | Release Date: April 16, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
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6
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19
Negative:
2
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83
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallApr 17, 2014
Heaven Is for Real works in mysterious ways for a faith-based movie. It actually leaves room for doubt, in a genre founded on Christian absolutes. Tears aren't jerked; bibles aren't thumped. Believing gets easier. Read full review
75
Washington PostAnn HornadayApr 16, 2014
Thanks to a sensitive performance from Kinnear, as well as from a terrific cast of supporting actors, what could have been merely a feel-good exercise in Eschatology Lite instead becomes a wholesome but also surprisingly tough-minded portrait of a man wrestling with his faith. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinApr 21, 2014
I doubt many things — almost everything, to be frank — but I have no doubt that my Heaven Is for Real audience slept better that night. Whatever works. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy BurrApr 16, 2014
While Heaven Is for Real asks a lot of questions, it ultimately has no doubt whatsoever about the answers. Take it on faith or not at all. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesBill ZweckerApr 16, 2014
This company of actors pulls together and delivers a lot of punch to a pedestrian script inspired by quite an amazing tale. Read full review
63
USA TodayClaudia PuigApr 15, 2014
A wide-eyed 4-year-old makes a fairly convincing case for the existence of an afterlife in Heaven is for Real. But it's Greg Kinnear — with his characteristic affability — that just about seals the deal. Read full review
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