It's a sweet film, no worse, no better than a bunch of other recent films hoping to catch the "My-Fat-Greek-Wedding" windfall, which is real money by the way.
By John DeSando, WCBE's "It's Movie Time"
The five bright, not shy Burton sisters and their writer mother, all from Central Ohio, have fashioned a modern fable in a lighthearted story of greed, guilt, and gratitude. They are promoting "Manna From Heaven" around the country themselves, leaving a wake of family stories at least as interesting as the film itself.