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The Healer

2017 • 1h 53m •
Family Drama Comedy
MOVIEVIBE Rating
★ 7.1/10
531 reviews
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The Healer

The film follows a man with an unwanted gift for healing who meets a teenager with cancer who helps him to find himself.

"You will believe in miracles"

Top Billed Cast

Oliver Jackson-Cohen
Oliver Jackson-Cohen
Alec Bailey
Camilla Luddington
Camilla Luddington
Cecilia
Kaitlyn Bernard
Kaitlyn Bernard
Abigail
Jonathan Pryce
Jonathan Pryce
Raymond Heacock
Jorge Garcia
Jorge Garcia
Father Malloy
Adrian G. Griffiths
Adrian G. Griffiths
Tom Ackhurst
Jeremy Akerman
Jeremy Akerman
Priest
Brian Downey
Brian Downey
Henry

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

C CinemaSerf Verified TMDB Critic
2022-03-28

This is actually quite an engaging, optimistic film with the 6" 3', handsome, OJC as an electrician who sets up a business in a small town - only to discover that the residents think he can cure their ailments. As it transpires through his uncle - Jonathan Pryce - there is a scintilla of truth to the yarn and he has to deal with some quite heart-rending emotional struggles as he faces his new reality. One has to be careful not to confuse this innocent fantasy with any misleading, dangerous, medical mysticism; but the script and direction from Paco Arango keep it clear that fictional and fancif...