16 "Dear God" (Greg Kinnear - Movies)
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This article is from the Greg Kinnear FAQ, by Chris Clark crclark@dreamscape.com with numerous contributions by others.
16 "Dear God" (Greg Kinnear - Movies)
Filmed in the Fall of 1995 shortly before "Sabrina" was released, Greg had
the starring role of a con artist forced to work in the dead letter
department of the Post Office. In supporting roles were Laurie Metcalf,
Tim Conway, Hector Elizondo and too many cameos from other "past their
prime television stars" to mention. It was a great premise botched by
director Garry Marshall's haphazard directing. It didn't help that the
ending was a bad clone of "Miracle on 34th Street's."
"Dear God" opened just before Thanksgiving 1996, (after moving up the
original November 9 date so not to compete with Mel Gibson's "Ransom") to
absolutely dismal reviews (Roger Ebert gave it an "F") and landed at eighth
place with a take of a little over one million. (It fell out of the top 20
at the fourth week.) Almost every reviewer, though hating the film, loved
Greg. Let's hope that it's only Marshall's career that went into the
toilet with this one.
During the promotional tour for this movie, Greg was hampered with a bad
back. Many viewers spotted him limping on "The Tonight Show," thinking it
was a joke. Garry Marshall had to fill in for some of the later
promotional spots Greg couldn't make.
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