Chatverock Takes itself way too seriously

Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

Merolliv I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

ChampDavSlim The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

myke7777 After catching the preview before a Deepak film, I thought it would be some kind of uplifting story so I Netflixed CWG. This prompted me to buy book 1 of the series. I've never been so floored by a book. I couldn't stop reading it. I finally found answers in this book that I've always assumed were true but it didn't click until this book. I've never felt closer to God as I do now because it's not tainted with some organized religious spin. I actually almost teared up driving when I felt a real connection inside. I know this all sounds wishy washy but I'm speaking the truth. I'm cautious though when I tell others about this book. People always think that I'm pushing some religion on them when really it's quite the opposite. Do yourself a favor if you have an open mind. Read this book. The movie is a good start as well..

D A Proving the so-called spiritual genre still has an awfully long way to go before feeling half has meaningful as underlying content would suggest, this quest for meaning and purpose remains ironically dull for it's intended purpose. Rather then adapting Neale Donald Walsch's massively successful spiritual dialogs, the film version of Conversations with God plays more like a biography, detailing the catalyst behind this reluctant author's unique journey which saw him living on the streets to becoming an international bestseller.In a film plagued with bad choices, choosing to go the docudrama route proves one of the only wise decisions, producing a few of the Lifetime-worthy affair's only authentic and moving sequences. It is a testament to the inept direction then, when any and all emotional sincerity takes place during the initial struggling and unanimously subsides when relaying the inspirational turn of events that will fail to inspire the viewer. Proving quite contradictory indeed, the more Conversations with God presses on the book's inspirational themes of love, surrender, and other random insights, the less impact any previously watched glimmer of truth seems to reap.There is just a massive divide between parlaying this intensely personal information in a way that does not feel trite, even laughably condescending, to all but the most ardent of sheep-fans... Meaning, until dedicated efforts into this budding genre begin translating our inner spiritual discussions more believably by refining their techniques into many more subtle shades of consciousness, they will continue to bare the new-age brunt of jokes, contradict what they so earnestly try to capture, and give moviegoers every which reason to extract spiritual qualities from other genres that unconsciously produce this sentiment so much clearer, with a lot less strain. For the few heartfelt moments that detail Walsch's struggle with homelessness, the film rises above the emotional sterile, Hallmark-prone manipulation that the majority seems to be. However, anyone who is not already begging to enjoy this movie, having been a rabid fan of the author's work, has every right to leer in cynical jest at the film's unintentionally ironic tone of detached insincerity.

haridam0 For the millions of readers of Neale Donald Walsch's superb trilogy, "Conversations with God" and his sequel, "Tomorrow's God," this film might have special meaning. It chronicles in dramatic form, highlights from Author Walsch's rise from a struggling wannabe to a best-selling writer. I've no idea how much of this is fact and how much dramatic license that Scriptor Eric DelaBarre took in fashioning his screenplay. However, I'm sure that structurally he spent too much time with Neale's rags and not enough with the transition to riches.For over an hour our hero struggles bitterly, becoming an outcast homeless person. Then rather abruptly he's getting his writing inspiration and turning into a great success. This imbalance is probably because Eric saw the poverty part as more dramatic and emotion-driven.Still, for those unfamiliar with Walsch and his writings, the movie may come off as not too interesting. Only when one is familiar with the writing product (for myself, the books should be included in "Great Books of the Western World" Series) that the bio takes on special meaning.Fortunately, fine Canadian actor Henry Czerny is cast in the lead role. (Who can forget his mesmerizing performance in "Boys of St. Vincent"?) Yet, Czerny can't save the tedium of DelaBarre's script.As for the film title, it has little to do with the book per se (how can one make a film of a book that consists entirely of dialog . . . Qs&As?).In the end, it's appropriate that the film be judged as film and, according to that criteria, it deserves a less that satisfactory rating.

cpub I wish I could recommend this movie because there aren't many "new thought" oriented movies, but there's nothing here. It's pointless. Nevermind using the cinematic medium to bring the message of the book to a wide audience, it fails to add anything at all. Even when preaching to the choir, it does nothing but reminisce about the book. A trailer for the book. I don't think the director knew why he was making this movie. Perhaps this illustrates one of the weaknesses of the book. It allows spirituality to appear as only words and beliefs, without the daily practice, service work, and the gift of a spiritual experience. When some of that is missing I tend to glide through life and projects rather than take it as a challenge to bring the courage and talent and energy it deserves. To connect with both hands to that high voltage line and let it explode in all its glory. Then maybe the movie would've demonstrated what it preached.