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Audiences rate it 31 points higher than critics do. Most of the 7,172 2010s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes26%
Metacritic31/100
Audiences rate it 31 points higher than critics do.
141 audience votes
Key crew
- Patrick DoughtieDirector
- David NixonDirector
- Art D'AlessandroWriter
Cast
- Tanner MaguireTyler Doherty
- Jeffrey JohnsonBrady McDaniels
- Robyn LivelyMaddy Doherty
- Bailee MadisonSamantha Perryfield
- Maree CheathamOlivia
- Michael BoltenBen Doherty
- Ralph WaiteMr. Perryfield
- Dennis NealLester Stevens
- Cris CunninghamCarl Landers
- L. Derek LeonidoffPastor Andy
- Christopher SchmidtWalter Finley
- Avery SommersCarol Wallace
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Themes
hopeletterpostmangodcanceraftercreditsstingerangryadmiringadoringamusedappreciative