Trailer
Summary
The film follows a man with an unwanted gift for healing who meets a teenager with cancer who helps him to find himself.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+40)
Critics 17Audiences 57GoodWatch 33
Tomatometer17%
IMDb6.4
Audience score57%
Letterboxd · 4 K ratings2.5/5
Running time
1 h 53 min
Longer than most family movies, +18 min on the typical 95
typical 95113Half of all family movies run 88–106 min.
Reach
Streams in 47 countries
+37Released
2017
February 17, 2017
9 years ago
Genres
FamilyDramaComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- Canada
Spain
Rated
- PGUnited States
Yes: it's rated PG in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalKidsPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismThought-Provoking
and 12 more21 people
- Oliver Jackson-CohenAlec Bailey
- Camilla LuddingtonCecilia
- Kaitlyn BernardAbigail
- Jonathan PryceRaymond Heacock
- Jorge GarciaFather Malloy
- Adrian G. GriffithsTom Ackhurst
- Jeremy AkermanPriest
- Brian DowneyHenry
Suresh JohnAmir
Richard DonatLarry- MPMichael PellerinPhilip
Pasha EbrahimiFrank- JMJennifer MorrisLeslie
- GRGeorgia RudderhamRebecca
David RossettiPilot
David ChristoffelBank Executive- CMChristian MurrayLunenburg Police Officer
Glen LefchakWilliam
Jackie TorrensLinda- GHGay HauserLouise
- NtNed the DogGrandfather's Dog
Directing · 1
- Paco Arango Director, Writer, Producer
Production · 5
- Michael Volpe Producer
- Enrique Posner Producer
- Sheila Lane Casting
- Georgina Neville Associate Producer
- Linda Rogers-Ambury Production Manager, Line Producer
Camera · 1
- Javier Aguirresarobe Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Teresa Font Editor
Sound · 9
- Nathan Wang Original Music Composer
- Chris Burdon Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Peter Burgis Foley Artist
- Mayte Cabrera Dialogue Editor
- Lilly Blazewicz Foley Editor
- Glen Gathard Foley Supervisor
Art · 5
- Angela Murphy Production Design
- John Hencher Art Direction
- Lorne Armstrong Set Decoration
- Korayne Romanchuk Set Decoration
- Robert Grani Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 6
- Martha Curry Costume Design
- Carolyn J. Conrad Hairstylist
- Paul Jones Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Betty Balmore Makeup Artist
- Linda Flynn Hairstylist
- Lindsay Thorne Special Effects Makeup Artist
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