Based on the #1 New York Times best-selling book, Heaven Is for Real recounts the true story of a small-town father who must find the courage and conviction to share his son's extraordinary, life-changing experience with the world. Starring Academy Award nominee Greg Kinnear (Best Supporting Actor, As Good As It Gets, 1997) as Todd Burpo, the real-life father whose son Colton claims to have visited Heaven during a near death experience. Colton shares the details of his amazing journey with childlike innocence and speaks matter-of-factly about things that happened before his birth... things he couldn't possible know.
Strengths:
The movie convincingly sets forth the argument that a young Colorado boy experienced visions of heaven both during and following surgery. How does one argue against a child who saw and heard things which he could not possibly know? It will be interesting to see what happens with this lad in the future.
Weaknesses:
When compared with the best-selling book, Heaven Is for Real contains both omissions and contradictions. Corporate Hollywood left out the book's many references to Satan, judgment, hell, and the Gospel. Peter Chattaway of FilmChat does an excellent job of fleshing these out in, "How the movie Heaven is for Real contradicts the book."
In short, Hollywood's version of Heaven Is for Real is a spiritual dud. The viewer is better off reading the book--or better yet, the Bible. While heaven is real, we are not dependent upon on anyone returning from it for us to believe. Jesus Christ came from heaven to reveal all that we need to know (John 6:26-40). If we are not willing to accept to the Biblical account, then we "will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead." (Luke 16:19-31).
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