A Little Prayer

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A Little Prayer

R

2025

1h 31m

Drama

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A loving father (David Strathairn) grapples with how to protect his daughter-in-law (Jane Levy) when he discovers that his son is having an affair. A heart-tugging drama about finding kindred spirits in unexpected places, A Little Prayer is a sensitive and searching portrait of a Southern family from writer-director Angus MacLachlan.

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David Strathairn and Jane Levy are superb in A Little Prayer, a gentle drama that mines rich emotions from commonplace dilemmas and relationships.

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Thelma Adams

AARP Movies for Grownups

Sep 6

4/5

The movie is a labor of love about the never-ending emotional gut punch of parenthood and the individual’s need to find some beauty, clarity and connection in the wreckage of a well-intentioned family.

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Bob Mondello

NPR

Aug 29

Strathairn lets you see what it costs him to do the right thing, even when that might make matters worse.

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Peter Rainer

Christian Science Monitor

Aug 29

4.5/5

A movie about a family in deep disarray. But the writer-director, Angus MacLachlan, is not one to exploit turmoil. He understands that people in distress are deserving of our fullest understanding.

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Mattie Lucas

From the Front Row

Feb 1

3.5/4

A deeply kind film, the kind of film that restores one's faith in independent filmmaking, but in humanity.

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Dustin Rowles

Pajiba

Jan 2

It lingers in the heart long after it ends, and I am deeply grateful to have found it.

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John Stark

Mac the Movie Guy

Dec 20

84/100

A winning Sundance entry, featuring a patient and thoughtful approach to problem solving, while musing gently on the connections from parents to their kids. A wonderful ensemble lifts up the darker subject matter.

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Jim

Sep 9

good story, excellent acting,

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kristi

Sep 8

Loved the characters

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Jennifer G

Sep 7

Sweet movie about love and accepting people.

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Kevin

Aug 31

I watched A Little Prayer through a religious lens and was not disappointed in the least.

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Anita

Aug 30

Slow start, but wonderful. Great messages, loved it!

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Kevin L

@Lakeman Jan 29

A lovely film, "A Little Prayer" by writer/director Angus MacLachlan is a family drama involving a daughter-in-law and her in-laws who have become closer than the couple is to their own son, as relationships are fractured and the pain from it reverberates through them and all those close to them. The authenticity of the drama, with such depth of detail and psychological trauma is the power of the movie. At the bottom of it all is the love and good nature of the couple portrayed by David Strathairn and Celia Weston, and Tammy, played by Jane Levy, who is married to their philandering son. Strathairn and Weston are exceptional, but Levy weighs in with her own remarkable acting. It's a pleasure to watch these small films that are a snapshot of the lives of real people we know and care for; those we try to help, and those who can only help themselves. A mature, skillfully made movie by the fine filmmaker MacLachlan. 3.7 stars

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A loving father (David Strathairn) grapples with how to protect his daughter-in-law (Jane Levy) when he discovers that his son is having an affair. A heart-tugging drama about finding kindred spirits in unexpected places, A Little Prayer is a sensitive and searching portrait of a Southern family from writer-director Angus MacLachlan.

Director: Angus MacLachlan
Producer: Angus MacLachlan, Lauren Vilchik, Max A. Butler
Screenwriter: Angus MacLachlan
Distributor: Music Box Films
Rating: R (Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 29, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 7, 2025
Box Office (Gross USA): $242.0K
Runtime: 1h 31m

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