Denver isn't a great actor, but he makes up for his lack of acting ability with an enthusiastic earnestness. Its intent isn't to give you the answers to life, the universe, and everything, it's more interested in charming you, which it does easily. Put down the heart is the temple where all truth resides."īut then, this is a comedy, not a drama. If you find it hard to believe in me, maybe it would help you to know that I believe in you." It also sidesteps the question of which religion is closest to the truth by having God say, "The divine truth is not in a building or a book or a story. However hopeless, helpless, mixed up and scary it all gets, it can work.
But maybe if you could have the faith to start with, maybe the times would change. Its philosophy never gets too deep and is summed up by one speech by Burns, "I know how hard it is in these times to have faith. Jerry asks a few of them, but the script never seriously tries to answer them.
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Naturally, the world is skeptical of his message, and even Jerry's wife thinks he's going crazy.Īny movie that features God as a central character is going to bring up some big questions about the universe and mankind's place within it. He wants him to tell the world that God is still around and that he's disappointed with the way the world is turning out, and that mankind has it within them to make the world a better place. Although he thinks it's a joke, he goes along anyway, only to discover an office building with an extra floor, and an empty chair next to an intercom from which comes a voice informing him that it's God and he wants Jerry to spread a message for him. A few famous faces show up in supporting parts, including a young Teri Garr, at her most sexiest as Denver's wife, Paul Sorvino as an in it for the money, evangelical preacher, while Donald Pleasance and David Ogden Stiers have near cameo appearances as another minister and a regional store manager respectively.ĭenver plays Jerry Landers, an assistant manager at a local grocery store who one day gets a mysterious invitation to meet God. Alongside Burns, fresh off his Oscar win for The Sunshine Boys, is singer/songwriter John Denver in his first (and nearly only) starring role in a feature film. The script was loosely adapted from the Avery Corman novel of the same name by M*A*S*H* writer/producer Larry Gelbart and directed by comedian Carl Reiner. There are echos of Frank Capra in its innocent, every man protagonist, storyline.
Instead, it's a light hearted, but sincere take on God and faith and while it does poke fun at certain religious types, is ultimately respectful and optimistic. A movie about God, played by George Burns, from Hollywood, directed by Carl Reiner? It had the potential to be either in really bad taste, or heavy handed and sanctimonious. Oh, God! is a movie that on paper sounds like a disaster. John Denver and George Burns in Oh, God!.
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