Letters to God

Vivendi Entertainment | Release Date: April 9, 2010

5.3	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 31 Ratings

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ChadSApr 14, 2010

To me, there's more spirituality coursing through the celluloid of Robert Bresson's "Au hasard Balthazar" than this Christian recruitment tool for people who love God, not movies. To me, there's more signs of God in the To me, there's more spirituality coursing through the celluloid of Robert Bresson's "Au hasard Balthazar" than this Christian recruitment tool for people who love God, not movies. To me, there's more signs of God in the titular donkey than the church where Brady(Jeffrey Johnson), an alcoholic mailman, finds redemption after a DUI arrest with his son present in the stopped vehicle. But to its credit, "Letters to God" does include a scene in which infidels can relate to, because finally, somebody makes sense. Maddie(Robin Lively), the mother of a young boy stricken with brain cancer, tells her own mom, "Stop quoting the Bible to me. It's not curing my son." She disagrees with God's will, so for a little while, in a loaded film which preaches to the converted, "Letters to God" becomes accesible to those who believe that having faith is "religilous". In her darkest hour, when Maddie can no longer pretend that supplication has the power to repel the cancer cells from ravaging her son Tyler(Tanner Maguire), Olivia(Maree Cheatham), instead of talking like a grown-up, offers her daughter platitudes, a stock choice of words that confronts the matter at hand with magic. (Like Sarah Silverman says, "Jesus is magic!") This mother's flare-up creates a slight rupture in the Christian-based rhetoric of the filmic text, which, incidentally, is the film's only sane moment because "Letters to God" sees tragedy with rose-tinted glasses. Because Tyler drinks the ideological kool-aid, he sees a newly-born baby as being his replacement. In the bedroom, Maddie tells her son otherwise, that he can't be supplanted, but this is exactly what the movie intimates, and believes. Earlier in the film, his best friend's grandfather tells the sick boy about how he was "handpicked by God" and "chosen for the role of a lifetime". "Dying is Fine", in a sense, because God's will and plan can't be cross-examined under the strictest sense of church dogma. But Tyler couldn't be faulted if he changed his mind about death, echoing the John Ryan Pike(of Ra Ra Riot) line: "You know that dying is fine, but maybe I wouldn't like death if death were good."… Expand

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DougVApr 21, 2010

This movie had great acting and the ability to show both the good and bad involved in the events. On the one hand you had those that faith in the healing. On the other hand you had those that were trying to focus on physical only. That is a This movie had great acting and the ability to show both the good and bad involved in the events. On the one hand you had those that faith in the healing. On the other hand you had those that were trying to focus on physical only. That is a common struggle in real life and they brought it out well here too.… Expand

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PaulEApr 11, 2010

I find it not surprising that the majority of negative reviews come from so-called critics who will give "Thumbs up" to the highly controversial sex laden tripe that liberals seem to relish.

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BenAApr 15, 2010

This film finally made me realize that there is no god.

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BarbaraI.Apr 17, 2010

This movie was amazing. It is nice to see a good clean movie once in a while and this was just that. Don't get me wrong, I do like good movies that have all the junk in them but it is nice to avoid it sometimes too.

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BrendaBApr 19, 2010

I thought that the movie was good. It's easy to dismiss this as another one of those preachy films but I thought that the movie addressed topics that made it unique. I liked that it showed the struggle among the characters in keeping I thought that the movie was good. It's easy to dismiss this as another one of those preachy films but I thought that the movie addressed topics that made it unique. I liked that it showed the struggle among the characters in keeping their faith, since we've all reached a point in our lives where we just felt like giving up. If you allow yourself to believe, then you will appreciate this film.… Expand

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JasonC.Apr 19, 2010

I have heard from so many friends who went to see this movie that it is a must see. I plan on going next weekend with the whole family!

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Gamingking007Oct 18, 2010

Incredible movie it completely Changed my life!!!People who are not soft or don't have a close personal relationship with God will not enjoy this but if they do it will change their lives forever!!!:-)

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myemailnamelolaMay 28, 2021

Boy writes letter to God, cute movie. Like the cast and the story line. Nice

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ChristyLApr 12, 2010

I watched this movie with my 6 year old daughter on opening night and I was so impressed!! The movie was funny and very emotional. As an actress, I was also impressed with their acting. Some lower budget films don't have the best I watched this movie with my 6 year old daughter on opening night and I was so impressed!! The movie was funny and very emotional. As an actress, I was also impressed with their acting. Some lower budget films don't have the best acting, but this one was much different. I especially enjoyed the portrayal of the mom and best friend. They both were very believable and I found myself identifying with each of them. I think that's what it's all about. After all, if you can't feel like you are a part of the movie, you aren't interested. The movie was so touching, encouraging, and challenging. If you aren't moved by this movie, you might want to check your heart beat! … Expand

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SandyBApr 13, 2010

This movie portrays real life and raw humanity that anyone can identify with. I found it inspiring and challenging, which is why the criticism of this film, its makers, and its cast does not surprise me.

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mandm1951Nov 10, 2010

Oy Vey; we should have known better. My girlfriend (who is spiritual and somewhat religious) and I (an agnostic) rented this film because it was on sale but couldn't get through the whole thing. There is a group of (probably mostlyOy Vey; we should have known better. My girlfriend (who is spiritual and somewhat religious) and I (an agnostic) rented this film because it was on sale but couldn't get through the whole thing. There is a group of (probably mostly church-going) people who will like -or love- this movie, but we found it preachy, pious, proselytizing, and all too predictable.… Expand

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TCJT11-10-1996Nov 8, 2013

If anyone give negative reviews for this film will not be saved under the power of sin! Those who give the film positive, will be saved. And those who give mixed or average, will choose to be saved or not!

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