The life-based story of a 4-year-old boy who nearly died from illness and experienced heaven during surgery had feel-good written all over it.
The toddler's father, a local pastor, is quite successful until a series of mishaps precedes his son's near-fatal episode. It's a Job-like path for the man who seems to be trying to shake off the possibility that the heaven-visit was real, stunned by the ongoing evidence from the son that it was not, and tortured by the angst from his church (and wonderfully-played wife) around his indecisiveness.
Along the way he heals not only physically, but also in his relationships with some church members. At last he reaches a decision and professes it to an intensely curious audience.
Considering the relative simplicity of the plot, it held my attention throughout and would be a good at-home movie.
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