This family film offers better-than-average performances and some winning folksy humor mixed into its staunchly Christina message. Idyllic, small town Auburn learns that into each life a little Messiah must fall when itinerant crack-carpenter Joshua (Tony Goldwyn) breezes in on a cloud of virtue. Joshua first spearheads the rebuilding of the Baptist church, which had been gutted by fire, then teaches a mouthy teen how to put God into his guitar playing, encourages a young widow to rejoin the dating pool and gives his landlady cooking tips that help her keep her man. The town's Catholic priests, Fathers Tardone (F. Murray Abraham) and Pat (Kurt Fuller), hire Joshua t...
Released:
2002
Rated:
G
Length:
90 mins