But to me, that's the whole point.
Children don't over analyze. Don't search for hidden meanings. Things are what they are..
I've been wanting to see this movie for a long time and finally had the opportunity to last night.
Tanner Maguire plays Tyler, a kid with brain cancer. A kid with brain cancer that lost his dad to a tragic accident.
He writes letters to God daily and pops them in the mailbox to be delivered. But where do they go?
The temporary mailman, Brady (played by Jeffery Johnson.. who looks so much like Greg Kinnear that I didn't realize it wasn't him until the end of the movie) wonders the same thing.
Brady lost his wife.. his kid.. his life to alcohol and a DUI and has only kept his job because his boss has a soft spot for him.
He doesn't know what to do with the letters and figures he'll take them to the local church and leave them for the Pastor to deal with. Only the Pastor has other ideas. He tells Brady that the letters were put in his hands for a reason and he has to let God speak to him to find out what should be done with them.
Make no mistake that this movie is about the greatness of God.. how He does not give us more then we can handle.. how faith can lead us to the wonder's of God's grace.
The movie also stars Robyn Lively as Tyler's mother Maddie.. soap queen Maree Cheatham as Tyler's grandmother and Ralph Waite (good night, John Boy!) as the gumpy neighbor who is anything but when explaining to Tyler why kids in school make fun of him.
This isn't a movie for everyone.. but it is a movie for those who enjoy celebrating God or who need to find the party.
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