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My Daddy Is in Heaven

By Renee Longstreet, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 13+

Inept faith-based tale has mature themes, drinking, drugs.

Movie NR 2018 95 minutes
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age 8+

Based on 1 parent review

age 8+

Amazing!!!!!!!!

The movie (My daddy is in heaven) if anyone has Netflix, I would SO recommend this movie.. it’s shows you so many ways God works in our life’s, how God uses us in our walk with him. & Why we actually are here, each and everyone of us have a purpose. I cried like a baby through this whole movie... it made me very thankful, I’m so thankful for my husband, my father and mother, my whole entire family.. but I’m more thankful for Jesus, I couldn’t do this life without him, and this movie truly shows that. Thankyou jesus for saving my soul, and thankyou Netflix for this amazing movie.

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An unsubtle, predictable story, this movie is an artless attempt to inspire faith-based audiences who deserve better. Saddled with on-the-nose dialogue and with a director who does nothing to protect them from their worst instincts, key actors give wholly "unrestrained" performances. Only Corbin Bernsen, a seasoned pro, and Riley St. John, a gifted young actress, escape. My Daddy Is in Heaven is an example of a well-intentioned film with a built-in, appreciative fan base that delivers little in the way of either entertainment or inspiration.

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