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54% Critic Match
Dear God
“Many people write to God. Somebody is answering.”
5.4 / 10• 1996• 1h 52m•PG• English
Comedy
Storyline
A judge gives con-man Tom Turner a choice—a jail sentence, or a year of honest work. But when he gets a job in the U.S. Post Office's dead letter office, he starts a Good Samaritan con by answering letters written to God. His seemingly virtuous work inspires his co-workers to do the same, but their good deeds are frowned upon by the postmaster general—and the cops.
Cast & Crew
Greg Kinnear
Tom Turner
Lead
Laurie Metcalf
Rebecca Frazen
Maria Pitillo
Gloria McKinney
Tim Conway
Herman Dooly
Héctor Elizondo
Vladek Vidov
Jon Seda
Handsome
Roscoe Lee Browne
Idris Abraham
Anna Maria Horsford
Lucille Barnett
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Garry Marshall's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Dear God is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
