Dear God
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Garry Marshall
Produced by	Mario Iscovich
Written by	Warren Leight Ed Kaplan
Starring	Greg Kinnear Laurie Metcalf Maria Pitillo Tim Conway Hector Elizondo Jon Seda Roscoe Lee Browne
Music by	James Patrick Dunne Jeremy Lubbock
Cinematography	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

Dear God is a 1996 comedy film distributed by Paramount Pictures, directed by Garry Marshall and starring Greg Kinnear.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Reception 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Plot

Tom Turner, a con artist, works at a post office and begins to answer the letters from people addressed to God.

[edit] 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

[edit] Reception

Dear God received generally negative reviews from critics. Both Siskel & Ebert gave the film two thumbs down upon its release. ^[1] 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." ^[2] As of August 2009, film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes had issued a 13% rating based on reviews from 32 critics.^[3]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Dear God at the Internet Movie Database

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