Letters to God
Seen it?2010 | 110 min | Drama, Family
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With just 25% on Rotten Tomatoes and almost no lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for families. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 50 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
A young boy fighting cancer writes letters to God, touching lives in his neighborhood and inspiring hope among everyone he comes in contact. An unsuspecting substitute postman, with a troubled life of his own, becomes entangled in the boy's journey and his family by reading the letters. They inspire him to seek a better life for himself and his own son he's lost through his alcohol addiction.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
25% on Rotten Tomatoes, 31 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
6.8 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerSolid
$6 million worldwide on a $3 million budget; spent 1 week in Netflix's global Top 10; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 21K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by David Nixon, Patrick Doughtie
- Robyn LivelyMaddy Doherty
- Jeffrey JohnsonBrady McDaniels
- Maree CheathamOlivia
- Tanner MaguireTyler Doherty
- Michael BoltenBen Doherty
- Bailee MadisonSamantha Perryfield
- Ralph WaiteMr. Perryfield
- Dennis NealLester Stevens
- Cris CunninghamCarl Landers
- Tom NowickiJack the Bartender