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Dial a Prayer

Play trailer Poster for Dial a Prayer PG-13 Released Apr 10, 2015 1h 38m Comedy Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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A troubled young woman working at a prayer call center makes a difference in other people's lives, forcing her to reconcile with her troubled past with the faith she brings out in others.
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Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times "Dial a Prayer" doesn't work. Apr 9, 2015 Full Review Tracy Moore Common Sense Media Somber meditation on belief, redemption has heavy themes. Rated: 3/5 Oct 20, 2015 Full Review David Noh Film Journal International A rather touching portrait of a young woman's human growth, laced with a salutary number of small yet piquant observations along the way. Apr 10, 2015 Full Review Chris Packham L.A. Weekly Kiley is mostly successful at keeping Hallmark banalities at bay, relating Cora's crime in a series of tense flashbacks and populating the film with funny characters played by a top-notch cast. Apr 10, 2015 Full Review Mike McGranaghan Aisle Seat Dial a Prayer is earnest and sincere, and it has a stellar performance from its lead actress, yet lacks the punch to make the kind of inspiring impact it's clearly aiming for. Rated: 2/4 Apr 8, 2015 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Not a bad movie . 2.8 Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/05/22 Full Review Audience Member It had no meaning, it was actually an awful movie Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Hey not too bad at all. Flawed, but decent. Good acting with a simple feel good story. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Read a review that questioned the target audience of this film. I agree; too preachy for mainstream audiences and too risqué for contemporary Christian audiences. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member It took me a few watches, but I grew to love this movie. Don't let the 40% fool you. It exploits the stereotypes of organized baptists a bit unfairly, but kept itself professional at the same time. I'm a protestant theistic evolutionist myself, so there's no bias here. (No spoilers below) Cora (the always lovely Brittany Snow) finds herself at the doorstep of a church with a few shady accomplices. They heartlessly destroy the porcelain statue of Mary and set the church ablaze. Cora is sentenced to community service in the form of a Dial-a-Prayer hotline. The movie was a bit flimsily executed, but it's humor and deep themes remain. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Starts out dark and so depressing that I almost turned it off but it is really worth hanging in there. Beautiful story of how another human being can help you see the goodness within yourself when you can't see it yourself. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A troubled young woman working at a prayer call center makes a difference in other people's lives, forcing her to reconcile with her troubled past with the faith she brings out in others.
Director
Maggie Kiley
Producer
Bryan Binder, Paul Finkel, Jason Potash, Dan Hyman, Jonas Spaccarotelli
Screenwriter
Maggie Kiley
Distributor
Vertical Entertainment
Production Co
Storyboard Entertainment, Compass Entertainment
Rating
PG-13 (Suggestive Material|Some Drug Use|Brief Strong Language|Thematic Elements)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 10, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 5, 2016
Runtime
1h 38m
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