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Dear God 
Theatrical release posterDirected by Garry Marshall Produced by Mario Iscovich Written by Warren Leight
Ed KaplanStarring Greg Kinnear
Laurie Metcalf
Maria Pitillo
Tim Conway
Hector Elizondo
Jon Seda
Roscoe Lee BrowneMusic by James Patrick Dunne
Jeremy LubbockCinematography Charles Minsky Editing by Debra Neil-Fisher Distributed by Paramount Pictures Release date(s) 1 November 1996 Running time 112 minutes Country United States Language English Box office $7,138,523[1] 'Dear God' is a 1996 comedy film distributed by Paramount Pictures, directed by Garry Marshall and starring Greg Kinnear and Laurie Metcalf.
Contents
Plot
Tom Turner, a con artist, works at a dead letter office and begins to answer the letters from people addressed to God.
Cast
- Greg Kinnear as Tom Turner
- Laurie Metcalf as Rebecca Frazen
- Maria Pitillo as Gloria McKinney
- Tim Conway as Herman Dooly
- Hector Elizondo as Vladek Vidov
- Jon Seda as Handsome
- Roscoe Lee Browne as Idris Abraham
Reception
Dear God received generally negative reviews from critics. Siskel & Ebert gave the film two thumbs down upon its release.[2] James Berardinelli gave the film one star and explained, "At least after seeing this movie, I understand where the title came from – starting about thirty minutes into this interminable, unfunny feature, I began looking at my watch every few minutes and thinking, 'Dear God, is this ever going to end?' A sickeningly bad pastiche of much better pictures – It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, and (believe it or not) Spartacus all leap to mind – Dear God is the worst excuse for a holiday film since Nora Ephron's hideous Mixed Nuts."[3] As of August 2010, film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes had issued a 12% rating based on reviews from 33 critics.[4]
References
External links
- Dear God at the Internet Movie Database
- Dear God at AllRovi
- Dear God at Box Office Mojo
Films directed by Garry Marshall 1980s Young Doctors in Love (1982) · The Flamingo Kid (1984) · Nothing in Common (1986) · Overboard (1987) · Beaches (1988) · The Lottery (1989)1990s Pretty Woman (1990) · Frankie and Johnny (1991) · Exit to Eden (1994) · Dear God (1996) · The Other Sister (1999) · Runaway Bride (1999)2000s The Princess Diaries (2001) · Raising Helen (2004) · The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004) · Georgia Rule (2007)2010s Valentine's Day (2010) · New Year's Eve (2011)Categories:- American films
- English-language films
- 1996 films
- Films directed by Garry Marshall
- 1990s comedy films
- 1990s comedy film stubs
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