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Manna from Heaven
Directed by
Gabrielle Burton
,
Maria Burton
PG
2002
1h 59m
Comedy
5.4
22%
53%
10.0
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What happens when you get a "gift from god" (a financial windfall), but, many years later, find out it was just a loan -- due immediately..
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Cast of Manna from Heaven
Shirley Jones
Bunny
Cloris Leachman
Helen
Louise Fletcher
Mother Superior
Seymour Cassel
Stanley
Frank Gorshin
Ed
Wendie Malick
Inez
Jill Eikenberry
Dottie
Austin Pendleton
Two-Digit Doyle
Shelley Duvall
Detective Dubrinski
Hallee Hirsh
Young Theresa
Harry Groener
Tony
Faye Grant
Rita
Drew Pillsbury
Mac / Bake
Jerry Orbach
Waltz Contest Announcer
Ursula Burton
Theresa / Producer
Maria Burton
Ramona / Director / Producer
Cameron Watson
Patrick
Vincent O'Neill
Monsignor Dailey
Maureen Porter
Rosalie Annunciata
Gabrielle B. Burton
Young Bunny / Writer
Manna from Heaven Ratings & Reviews
Common Sense Media
Liz Perle
Well-meaning movie will bore younger kids
Dallas Morning News
Matt Weitz
You can tell what Manna wants to be -- a light-hearted-yet-profound, feel-good flick in the same vein as It's a Wonderful Life -- but it falls woefully short.
Salt Lake Tribune
Sean P. Means
The movie's cloying cuteness and homespun sanctimony make the low production values even harder to forgive.
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
Jeff Vice
You may pull a muscle trying not to cringe as such long-time screen veterans as Shirley Jones, Cloris Leachman and Frank Gorshin embarrass themselves with over-the-top performances.
San Diego Metropolitan
Jean Lowerison
Manna from Heaven is labor of love that may not be the best film of the year, but at least you'll come away smiling.
Film Journal International
Harry Haun
There's a calculated stab at 'feel-good' afoot here, but, more often than not, the film just feels tired.
Village Voice
Nat Johnson
It's shot like a Lifetime-influenced student film, and the overall artlessness makes the spoony dialogue all the more glaring.
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
Too cute by half and at least a half-hour too long.
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
A bit amateurish, but wholesome and achingly sweet.
New York Post
Megan Lehmann
The five sisters responsible for the old-fashioned fable 'Manna From Heaven' have a lot of plates spinning in the air -- but even their 10 hands aren't enough to overcome the hokey, overstuffed plot and a messily hand-stitched, often illogical script.
E! Online
This clumsy comic fable, which mixes Catholic themes, family infighting and a flurry of lame wisecracks, is no gift from God.
New York Times
Dave Kehr
While it would be easy to fault its lack of technical polish, somewhat discursive script and uneven performances, it is also refreshingly sincere, gentle and good-natured.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
The Burtons' hearts are in the right place, but they need to get more tough-minded.
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
It would be better if it weren't quite so sitcommy and if it didn't outlast its ideas.
L.A. Weekly
Mark Olsen
Though its heart is in the right place, this would-be feel-good sensation never puts the other pieces together.
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager
Manna from Heaven is a creakily old-fashioned screed about Christian selflessness and charity, staged and shot like a Lifetime movie-of-the-week.
Boxoffice Magazine
Bridget Byrne
Like a hand-knitted sweater, it's a little lumpy and ill-fitting, but it has a wonderful texture and attractive color and is just fine for making you feel warm and cozy.
Washington Post
Natalie Hopkinson
Overall it is a nice effort by Five Sisters Productions, which has given audiences a much-needed reprieve from the angst, irony and mean-spiritedness that is endemic to modern cinema.
Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
The root of the problem lies in a script so foul that it's amazing the film is as good as it actually is. Which is to say: this close to scraping bottom.
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Dan Lybarger
Like a homemade scarf, Manna from Heaven is warm, fuzzy and clearly made with love. At times it's easy to overlook the clumsiness of the way it's stitched together.
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