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RATING: ROTTEN  READING: 50% (FRESH = 60% or Greater)   Reviews counted: 8 Fresh: 4  Rotten: 4 Average Rating: 5.3/10

( Showing 1-8 of 8 Tomatometer Reviews, sorted z-a )   "Certainly warm-hearted and well-intentioned...but its eagerness to be uplifting is ultimately more calculated than inspiring, and its message is more than a little muddled." -- Frank Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION   "The issue of faith is not explored very deeply" -- Christopher Null, FILMCRITIC.COM   "A film about a young man finding God that is accessible and touching to the marrow." -- Melanie McFarland, SEATTLE TIMES   "Screenwriter Maureen Tilyou, director Martin Duffy and an extremely competent cast handle the controversial aspects of the topic in an even-handed manner." -- Susan Green, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE   Click to read the article. -- FILM THREAT This poster is not available for sale. Browse other posters Soundtrack Books All Related Items   "too many scenarios in which the hero might have an opportunity to triumphantly sermonize, and too few that allow us to wonder for ourselves if things will turn out okay." -- Walter Chaw, FILM FREAK CENTRAL --  Click to read the article. -- Holly McClure, CROSSWALK.COM MOVIES Cream of the Crop ROTTEN 50%   "A sweet, tender sermon about a 12-year-old Welsh boy more curious about God than girls, who learns that believing in something does matter." -- Jane Sumner, DALLAS MORNING NEWS   "Succumbs to the same kind of maudlin, sentimental mysticism that mars the Touched by an Angel school of non-God spiritual-uplift movies." -- Steven Rosen, DENVER POST --  Click to read the article. -- ARIZONA REPUBLIC

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