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Dear God
“Many people write to God. Somebody is answering.”
55%
Movie
1h 52m
AI Analysis
Dear God (1996) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Dear God (1996) — a movie tagged as Comedy with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: A judge gives con-man Tom Turner a choice—a jail sentence, or a year of honest work. But when he gets a job in the U.S. Post Office's dead letter office, he starts a Good Samaritan con by answering letters written to God. His seemingly virtuous work inspires his co-workers to do the same, but their good deeds are fr… Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~112 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Dear God 55% (62 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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Synopsis
A judge gives con-man Tom Turner a choice—a jail sentence, or a year of honest work. But when he gets a job in the U.S. Post Office's dead letter office, he starts a Good Samaritan con by answering letters written to God. His seemingly virtuous work inspires his co-workers to do the same, but their good deeds are frowned upon by the postmaster general—and the cops.
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- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1996-11-01
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- TMDB rating
- 5.5
- TMDB ID
- 38554
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What is Dear God about?
A judge gives con-man Tom Turner a choice—a jail sentence, or a year of honest work. But when he gets a job in the U.S. Post Office's dead letter office, he starts a Good Samaritan con by answering... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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How long is the movie Dear God?
The official runtime for Dear God is approximately 112 minutes.
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Cast
Greg Kinnear
Tom Turner
Laurie Metcalf
Rebecca Frazen
Maria Pitillo
Gloria McKinney
Tim Conway
Herman Dooly
Héctor Elizondo
Vladek Vidov
Jon Seda
Handsome
Roscoe Lee Browne
Idris Abraham
Anna Maria Horsford
Lucille Barnett
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Kathleen Marshall
Whispering Wendy
- I
Isadora O'Boto
Hot Mary
Felix Pire
Ramon
Donal Logue
Webster
Sam McMurray
Federal Prosecutor
Nancy Marchand
Judge Kits Van Heynigan
Larry Miller
State Judge
Rue McClanahan
Mom Turner
Jack Sheldon
Homeless Trumpeter
Coolio
Gerard
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