Dreams in the Attic
2000
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- A product neither of Hollywood nor the New York-Sundance indie axis, Manna From Heaven is a true outsider film, and 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.
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Manna from Heaven is a creakily old-fashioned screed about Christian selflessness and charity, staged and shot like a Lifetime movie-of-the-week. Full Review | Original Score: .5/4 | Mar...
Apr 4, 2003 · 22% Tomatometer 23 Reviews 53% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings A Buffalo, N.Y., neighborhood receives a mysterious gift from the heavens: hundreds of crisp $20 bills. Young Theresa doesn't have...
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- Maria Burton, Gabrielle Burton
- PG
- Comedy
A product neither of Hollywood nor the New York-Sundance indie axis, ''Manna From Heaven'' is a true outsider film, and while it would be easy to fault its lack of technical polish, somewhat...
Sep 14, 2002 · Manna from Heaven: Directed by Gabrielle Burton, Maria Burton. With Shirley Jones, Cloris Leachman, Louise Fletcher, Seymour Cassel. 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....
- (488)
- Comedy
- Gabrielle Burton, Maria Burton
- 2002-09-14
`Manna From Heaven' is a delightfully compelling film. Within the shifting paradox of values in middle-class Americans from 40 years ago to the present day, the plot tweaks the concerns and hopes of an interesting range of `Damon Runyonesque' characters.
Mar 4, 2003 · A motley jumble of stage and screen stars headline Maria and Gabrielle C. Burton’s Manna from Heaven, a lethargic comedy about a group of friends who, in 1960’s Buffalo, find their quiet suburban street showered in mysterious money that they believe comes from Heaven. Thirty years later, the do-gooder nun of the group (Ursula Burton ...
Apr 4, 2003 · A product neither of Hollywood nor the New York-Sundance indie axis, Manna From Heaven is a true outsider film, and 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.
