Or at least amusing?
The Story:
Pastor Rich (David A.R. White) is disillusioned with his life. His wife (Ali Landry) has had enough of their marriage and is ready for a divorce. His kids don't seem to listen or care about him, and only his best friend Tony (Tommy Blaze) seems to be there for him. So naturally, he prays for God to show him how life should be, and give him the life he's meant to live.
That's right, Pastor Rich is about to be It's a Wonderful Lifed by God!
So Rich awakens to find that he's in the body of Tony's rich boss. Naturally, Rich freaks out, has a heart attack and apparently dies.
He awakens to find himself in another body...and another...and another...
All the while, Rich's real body is going through the motions of life, Rich is really stuck in all of these other people. Yet many of them are close to Rich's family, and through each life that he lives, he learns a little something.
About them.
About him.
About life.
Suddenly it all starts to add up that he is the one making his life miserable, nobody else.
The kids want their dad, just not the dad that has no time for them.
The wife doesn't want to divorce her husband, she's just tired of trying to make their marriage work when he seems so disinterested.
With the addition of Della Reese and Bruce McGill as Big Earl (the Angel), there's enough humor to keep it interesting and enough preaching to keep it grounded on concepts of morality without bashing believers and non-believers alike over the head with a message that you're doing it wrong and THIS is the right way to live your life.
Cute little film.
Now streaming on Netflix as of this writing.
Final Grade: C+
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: I won't be running out to buy it, but on a lazy weekend for background noise, it's the perfect crafting/sewing date film.
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