Tim Marsden This movie was good - thought provoking, touching and inspiring. I really liked it however i acknowledge that it will divide people - it's really for those who've read the book and respond to the authors message. If you relate to this and are interested in knowing more about Neale Donald Walsch's story, there's a good chance you'll be pleasantly surprised by this movie. I was. I thought it was well put together, gave due attention to the different parts of the authors story, didn't play him out to be some savior or evangelist and wasn't sugar coated. I don't agree with the infomercial comments, and I'm Australian and we have little tolerance for infomercials and cheesy sales pitches. Obviously its not a big budget movie and its more about the story and the message for those that hear it.

Dana Day This movie does play out like an after school special. It's not a badly produced movie, as some have suggested, but it truly is just an infomercial for Walsch's books. There are so many logical inconsistencies in Walsch's theology that there is no room to write them here. Xenos.com has an excellent review of Walsch's work. (I am not affiliated with Xenos - I just know how to research using the internet and google.)Walsch's god is his own inner voice - which makes Walsch his own god.At one point in the movie he suggests that either he is hearing from God or he is crazy. Yep, - he's crazy.Normal people, when faced with adversity, seek help from others - they don't abandon their families and live in a tent in the park. That's a big red flag that he's not normal. He wasn't hiding from the law or the mafia - so to choose that path shows he might be just as crazy as the other homeless people who have mental illness causing them to shun those who could help them.And if he is not crazy, then he is worse - he's a huckster out to make a buck. If you honestly want to hear from God, try a Bible study with a good group of people and have some discussions. A wee amount of research into what God says in the Bible will show you the folly of Walsch's teachings.For those who shun the God of the Bible, Walsh may be right up your alley.

scholara2 This film is very similar to Will Smith's, only has a New Age feel. Same plot of how a person is made homeless, and then struggles to regain his dignity.I found the parts where he takes dictation from God to be very enlightening, and that's why I give this movie 8*'s.The story itself leaves large holes as to the character's life, and it would've been better from a continuity standpoint (for those who haven't read the book, like me) to give more background.From a storytelling continuity standpoint, I felt Pursuit of Happiness was better, though a minor quibble, I felt it dwelt too much on the character's low points, and then only made a passing reference at the end, to his rising from the ashes.But, back to Conversations. For example, the narration alludes to Neal's problems with women, but what are they (ie. sexual infidelity?)? They must be pretty deep, for him to be turned away after a debilitating accident. We see him visit his old home, only to see his name on the mailbox and nothing else.He suffers from a broken neck, yet midpoint in the movie he takes his neck brace off. His homelessness healed his broken neck??? And lastly, he loses his part time job as a DJ, but yet can continue living in what seems like a nice house, while taking dictation from God for what seems like a long time. How is that? Anyway, there are these inconsistencies, but his conversations are what really make the movie.I can see how traditional fundamentalists, be they Christians, Jews, or Muslims, might find the bits and pieces of the conversation unbelievable (or heresy), as has been already expressed here, but if you can get away from orthodox theology and open your mind, you might learn something, or at least cause you to rethink your perspective.The movie at least made me curious to read the book.

haridam0 For the millions of readers of Neale Donald Walsch's superb trilogy, "Conversations with God" and his sequel, "Tomorrow's God," this film might have special meaning. It chronicles in dramatic form, highlights from Author Walsch's rise from a struggling wannabe to a best-selling writer. I've no idea how much of this is fact and how much dramatic license that Scriptor Eric DelaBarre took in fashioning his screenplay. However, I'm sure that structurally he spent too much time with Neale's rags and not enough with the transition to riches.For over an hour our hero struggles bitterly, becoming an outcast homeless person. Then rather abruptly he's getting his writing inspiration and turning into a great success. This imbalance is probably because Eric saw the poverty part as more dramatic and emotion-driven.Still, for those unfamiliar with Walsch and his writings, the movie may come off as not too interesting. Only when one is familiar with the writing product (for myself, the books should be included in "Great Books of the Western World" Series) that the bio takes on special meaning.Fortunately, fine Canadian actor Henry Czerny is cast in the lead role. (Who can forget his mesmerizing performance in "Boys of St. Vincent"?) Yet, Czerny can't save the tedium of DelaBarre's script.As for the film title, it has little to do with the book per se (how can one make a film of a book that consists entirely of dialog . . . Qs&As?).In the end, it's appropriate that the film be judged as film and, according to that criteria, it deserves a less that satisfactory rating.