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By Bill Zwecker (128) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 15 Apr 2014

This company of actors pulls together and delivers a lot of punch to a pedestrian script inspired by quite an amazing tale…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 15 Apr 2014

Although it has some serious flaws, it rises above genre fare, thanks to Greg Kinnear's intriguing performance and the work of a good cast…

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By Alan Scherstuhl (679) for Village Voice (8,525) on 15 Apr 2014

Unlike many of the features targeted to what Hollywood is calling the faith audience, the movie is well-acted and shot, often thoughtful and…

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By Odie Henderson (402) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 15 Apr 2014

Unlike the recent God’s Not Dead, which is the Beaches of faith-based films in that it embodies every single complaint against its genre,…

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By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 15 Apr 2014

The images of heaven somehow diminish the impact of the boy's experience, perhaps because heaven is just too profound for anyone to film…

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By Joe Williams (923) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 14 Apr 2014

Written, directed and acted by Hollywood pros, Heaven Is For Real is a polished little movie with a hopeful message, but when it literalizes…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for McClatchy-Tribune News Service (291) on 14 Apr 2014

Whatever the film’s other failings, it presents an incredible story with a credulous, approachable innocence that it to be envied, whether…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 14 Apr 2014

A fine cast headed by the underrated Greg Kinnear lifts this year’s third major religious movie, the fact-inspired Heaven Is for Real, somewhat…

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By Drew Hunt (128) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 14 Apr 2014

Heaven Is for Real is by Christians, for Christians, and deliberately, if subtly, antagonistic toward everyone else…

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By David Martindale (11) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 14 Apr 2014

Heaven Is for Real is the kind of movie that will give faith-based filmmaking a good name…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 14 Apr 2014

An affecting, gentle, and illuminating portrait of children's spirituality…

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By Daniel Eagan (552) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 14 Apr 2014

And while falling well short of rational proof, the story does raise intriguing questions about the fundamental nature of faith, questions…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for RedEye (906) on 14 Apr 2014

Fumbles for um-when-in-doubt-just-believe answers instead of following through on the hard questions…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Variety (12,700) on 14 Apr 2014

Those willing to engage may be pleasantly surprised by some of its understated virtues…

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By Christopher Campbell (291) for Film School Rejects (1,198) on 13 Apr 2014

Christian films are often criticized for preaching to the choir, but this one intends to make that choir think deeper about what's being preached…

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