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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 58Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanA bland, pious yet touching faith-based tearjerker.
- 50The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerMr. Johnson and Ms. Lively are both pretty good, and with a more nuanced approach could have made this a powerful film.
- 50L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyWith little in the way of story or spectacle to offer nonbelievers, the film itself just preaches to the choir.
- 40VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangWhile only the converted will likely see the redemption behind the manipulation, picture delivers a strong enough dose of spiritual saccharine to yield solid if not heavenly returns from its trusty target audience.
- 38Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreGood looking (it was filmed in Winter Garden) but slow and bland, this faith-based tear-jerker is a depressingly unemotional affair, with writing and some of the acting so flat that even its emotionally loaded situations can’t inspire waterworks.
- 30Boxoffice MagazinePete HammondBoxoffice MagazinePete HammondLetters to God is far too simplistic and pandering to find success outside of the targeted church-going family moviegoers it’s hoping to reach.
- 0Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenI’ve seen sick kids exploited for all sorts of reasons – usually as easy ploys to manipulate emotions but sometimes to sell things or encourage philanthropic outpourings – but Letters to God takes the cake (make that the holy wafer).