My Mom's Letter from Heaven

Connor Johnson (Barry Watson) is devastated by the death of his beloved wife and forced to raise his daughter Zoe by himself. His wife leaves him a letter to be read to their daughter when she needs it. It's 12 years later and Zoe (Jordyn Ashley Olson) has become a rebellious teenager.

This is a Lifetime movie. Quite frankly, it feels more like a Christian film for about two thirds of the way. This is definitely pulling hard on the heart-strings. In fact, it pulls it too hard in many scenes. It threatens to break those heart-strings in various moments. That's why I like the letter. It's the thing that could have derailed the entire movie. Instead, I like that the letter is wrong in the details of her predictions but not in its heart. That saves the movie from being too on the nose. Anyways, I like the simple message. The book search could have been more tense but this movie is strictly on the sappy side. Sometimes, sappy is good.