Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting

HomeyTao For having a relatively low budget, the film's style and overall art direction are immensely impressive.

Brainsbell The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

vinsond21 This is a film that is based on a book that is based on a true story about a boy who was transported to heaven during a near-death experience and came back to tell the tale. There will be doubters out there who wonder whether this really happened, as the boy Colton was just three years old then. I am prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt, and just enjoy the story of a loving Christian family that was already experiencing some trials and this episode brought its fair share to them. Some Christians themselves may have problems with the story's doctrine and message, but everyone can just enjoy the amazing acting on display by the cast members. Greg Kinnear is convincingly down-to-earth as the minister father who has to take care of both his family and his church. I also liked Margo Martindale as a concerned church member, while Connor Corum gives a winning turn as the wide-eyed Colton. A solid family-friendly film that will warm the hearts of the less-cynical viewers.

ScriptiSandy As a woman of faith, this movie frustrated me. A pastor who struggles with whether or not heaven is real? Whether Jesus exists? Whether or not his kid really went to heaven when he died on the operating table??? Not much of a pastor then. How can someone as lost as this guy lead a congregation? How can a man of no faith (obviously) stand up and preach about the God of the Bible (although I never saw him crack one open the entire show, not even when he was preaching). It is a terrible premise and it was not at all what I expected from this. Although I should have... Hollywood's interpretation of the Bible and what Christians are like is so off the mark 99% of the time. And so it is with this movie.

mike48128 Originally given to my 88 year old Mother-in Law by my minister Sister-in-Law, I expected this to be a real preachy, "bible thumper" bomb-of-a-movie. Was I dead wrong! It takes it's time (15 min.) introducing all of the main characters, which makes it a bit slow, but it's very well-done and this saves a lot of "plot exposition" later. Colton is the 4-year-old little boy who sees a vision of Heaven in a near-death experience during an emergency appendix operation. As the story progresses, his story seems all-too-real: He met Jesus and his horse (there are many animals in Heaven). He also met his Great Grandfather (nobody wears glasses and is old in Heaven). He met his unborn baby sister, who is un-named and "died in Mama's tummy". His parents never told him about her! Colton's dad is the Pastor of a small-town Nebraska Mid-Western church. He struggles with his own faith, and instead of getting "preachy" the movie gets more real:he and his son are ridiculed. He becomes a media oddity. He is pretty-much bankrupt and his own parishioners are thinking of replacing him. A great ending as it all comes together with a kind-of "Disney-like" charm. One star off for silly sub-plots about kidney stones and a few other things. By-the-way, the "real" person still presides as the Pastor of the same church, to this very day. Well-cast and sincerely produced and directed. Practically "G" rated except for a few hospital "OR" scenes. Anger is expressed without a single nasty "cuss word". Filmed in Manitoba,Canada. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I am not a very religious person at all! It's a light drama and would seem to have a limited appeal? Wrong! A multi-million-dollar box office hit based on a best selling book! However, my mother-in-law didn't like it. (It's not a musical and it was too-long for her!) Obviously, if you do not "like" Jesus, this is not your film either! The viewer will have to decide whether this a true story or an allegory.

n-22173 I just finished watching Heaven is For Real, which was directed by Randall Wallace. The actors from this movie include Greg Kinnear, Thomas Haden Church, Kelly Reilly, etc. This movie, briefly, is about a boy who went to heaven. When he told his father, the pastor, people started to think he was crazy. The movie is about belief, faith and a person's interpretation of heaven. Honestly I thought the movie was a little bit boring at times, but the end of the movie made me feel emotional and inspired. Overall, I thought the movie had a good message and I felt satisfied with the movie as a whole. I would recommend this movie to families or anyone who is looking for a spiritual type of movie to watch. This is a religious movie, so I think it is good that a person knows that before watching the movie. Finally, I would rate this movie a 6/10.