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Heaven Is for Real

2014 · 99 min

A gentle, sincere drama that explores faith and family bonds through a child's mysterious experience, leaving a warm and hopeful afterglow.

Directed by
Randall Wallace
Genres
Drama
Starring
Greg Kinnear, Kelly Reilly, Connor Corum
Tagline
Unlock the mystery
Overview
After their young son, Colton, undergoes emergency surgery, small-town parents Todd and Sonja Burpo are overjoyed at the child's miraculous recovery. However, the Burpos are unprepared for what happens next... Colton says that during his surgery he went to heaven and back, and tells his parents things that he couldn't possibly know. Can Todd find the courage and conviction to share his son's extraordinary, life-changing experience with the world?

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  • Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel
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Directed by
Randall Wallace
Genres
Drama
Starring
Greg Kinnear, Kelly Reilly, Connor Corum
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • family
  • grief
  • identity
  • healing
Places
  • small town
  • home
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Randall Wallace
Written by
Randall Wallace, Chris Parker
Starring
Greg Kinnear, Kelly Reilly, Connor Corum, Thomas Haden Church, Jacob Vargas, Lane Styles, Darren Felbel, Ali Tataryn
Music
Nick Glennie-Smith
Cinematography
Dean Semler
Runtime
99 min
Country
Canada, United States of America
Languages
English

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