There is no doubt this movie has a select audience. Those who either have no time for "faith-based" thoughts, or those who profess to be agnostic or atheistic, probably will waste their time seeing this movie. In fact most of them will vote this movie "1" even if they have not seen it, just because they feel threatened by the themes here.
But this is a well-made movie based on what is purported to be a true story. A story of a 4-yr-old boy, very ill with a ruptured appendix, on the verge of not making it, and in the process experiencing a visit to Heaven where he met some people important to his life. And one of those was his little sister that had never been born, but died during a miscarriage. A little sister he had no way of knowing about.
Could the little boy and the parents have made this up? Yes they could have. But it is possible it is all true? That is the more intriguing question.
Greg Kinnear is the dad, Todd Burpo, also a pastor of a small church in Nebraska, and also with a business installing and repairing garage doors. Young Connor Corum is the young boy Colton who visits Heaven.
The DVD extras has an interesting 4-minute spot which includes some words by the teenage Colton. Good movie, and I find myself hoping it is all true. It is nice to believe there is something for us after death.
But this is a well-made movie based on what is purported to be a true story. A story of a 4-yr-old boy, very ill with a ruptured appendix, on the verge of not making it, and in the process experiencing a visit to Heaven where he met some people important to his life. And one of those was his little sister that had never been born, but died during a miscarriage. A little sister he had no way of knowing about.
Could the little boy and the parents have made this up? Yes they could have. But it is possible it is all true? That is the more intriguing question.
Greg Kinnear is the dad, Todd Burpo, also a pastor of a small church in Nebraska, and also with a business installing and repairing garage doors. Young Connor Corum is the young boy Colton who visits Heaven.
The DVD extras has an interesting 4-minute spot which includes some words by the teenage Colton. Good movie, and I find myself hoping it is all true. It is nice to believe there is something for us after death.