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Letters to God

2010 · Possibility Pictures · Theatrical

FAIL

Summary

A young boy undergoing treatment for brain cancer writes letters to God and gives them to a troubled mail carrier. His family and community respond to the illness in different ways.

Why it fails

Do they have their own story?

The child’s illness primarily inspires adults/community faith and redemption.

Are they allowed to live?

Death is spiritualized and inspirational.

Does the medical reality hold up?

Medical course is subordinate to religious uplift.