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Dear God is a 1996 comedy film distributed by Paramount Pictures, directed by Garry Marshall and starring Greg Kinnear and Laurie Metcalf.
Tom Turner, a con artist, works at a dead letter office and begins to answer the letters from people addressed to God.
Dear God received generally negative reviews from critics. Siskel & Ebert gave the film two thumbs down upon its release.James Berardinelli gave the film one star and explained, "At least after seeing this movie, I understand where the title came from – starting about thirty minutes into this interminable, unfunny feature, I began looking at my watch every few minutes and thinking, 'Dear God, is this ever going to end?' A sickeningly bad pastiche of much better pictures – It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, and (believe it or not) Spartacus all leap to mind – Dear God is the worst excuse for a holiday film since Nora Ephron's hideous Mixed Nuts." As of August 2010, film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes had issued a 12% rating based on reviews from 33 critics.
Dear god i wrote this letter,
To put my thoughts on paper,
Sometimes life seems like a criminal,
Without a well planned caper
I know you're the answer,
But i forget the question,
How do i know you love me,
When no one else, seems to care
I've tried everything i thought,
Might help me understand things,
And it didn't tell me anything,
Or even play my heart strings
So i'm writing you this letter,
To wait for your reply,
I am so tired, of not believing,
I'll give you a try
I don't know, but i got this feeling,
That today's gonna be my turning point,
Everyday i get a little bit closer,
It feels so good to finally be over
I don't know, but i think i'm learning,
This type of thing,
Never been my calling card,
Sometimes you just gotta look closer,
Instead of searchin' so hard
So when i start to get down,
And the world fills up around me,
And my head starts
Spinnin' like a top,
From the way my heart beat's pounding
I can look up for a second,
And know that i'm alright,
I spent so long, not believing,
It's my turn to fly
I don't know, but i got this feeling,
That today's gonna be my turning point,
Everyday i get a little bit closer,
It feels so good to finally be over
And i don't know, but i think i'm learning,
This type of thing, never
Been my calling card,
Sometimes you just gotta look closer,