Conversations With God

Stephen Simon's reverent account of the awakening of Neale Donald Walsch, author of a series of best-selling books, focuses on the personal crises that left Walsch (Henry Czerny) destitute and despairing but also prompted him to forge the personal connection with God he parlayed into a spiritual self-help empire. The film opens in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1995, as Walsch addresses a generally adoring audience about the message of his book: That the God of his title is the God of all faiths, not one; that God helps those who help themselves; that God is about unconditional love, not fear of retribution. It then flashes back to Portland, Oregon, 1990 — the year Wal...