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| Warner Bros. | Release Date: October 7, 1977 |
Starring:
Barnard Hughes, Barry Sullivan, Dinah Shore, Donald Pleasence, George Burns, John Denver, Paul Sorvino, Ralph Bellamy, Teri Garr, William Daniels
Summary:
When God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world.
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So here we have God's views on most things from TV to avocados, all enunciated in Burns' inimitably crisp'n'dry manner. Fun ultimately falters with some routine satire, but when the Devil's having such a time at the box-office, this comes as a welcome comic riposte from the other side.
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The picture is so cautious about not offending anyone that it doesn't rise to the level of satire, or even spoof.
Coming from director Carl Reiner, whose Where' poppa? had flashes of real comic fire, one expects more than Hallmark platitudes wrapped in Vegas banter. [24 Oct 1977, p.126]
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