The 1891 Fredonia Opera House Cinema Series will screen the inspirational film “Heaven is for Real,” starring Greg Kinnear, on Saturday and June 24 at 7:30 p.m.

Based on the No. 1 New York Times best-selling book of the same name, “Heaven is for Real” brings to the screen the true story of a small-town father who must find the courage and conviction to share his son’s extraordinary, life-changing experience with the world.

The film stars Academy Award nominee and Emmy award-winning Kinnear as Todd Burpo and co-stars Kelly Reilly as Sonja Burpo, the real-life couple whose son Colton (newcomer Connor Corum) claims to have visited Heaven during a near-death experience. Colton recounts the details of his amazing journey with childlike innocence and speaks matter-of-factly about things that happened before his birth … things he couldn’t possibly know. Todd and his family are then challenged to examine the meaning of this remarkable event.

Claudia Puig, in USA Today, calls the film “a well-acted, family-friendly movie that is just as much about appreciating life on Earth as it is about what comes after.”

Linda Cook, in the Quad City Times, calls it “a gentle, heartfelt movie that allows viewers to decide for themselves.”

Anne Hornaday, in the Washington Post, says “what could have been merely a feel-good exercise in Eschatology Lite instead becomes a wholesome but also surprisingly tough-minded portrait of a man wrestling with his faith.”

Ty Burr, in the Boston Globe, says “the faithful should welcome it warmly. Others may come away unconvinced, while appreciating the film’s sincerity and lack of anti-secular axes being ground.”

Rated PG thematic material including some medical situations, “Heaven is for Real” runs 99 minutes.

The Opera House Cinema Series is sponsored by Lake Shore Savings Bank. Tickets are available at the door for $7 (adults), $6.50 (seniors & Opera House members) and $5 (students) the night of each screening. A book of 10 movie passes is available for $60 at the door or online at www.fredopera.org. For more information, call the Opera House Box Office at 679-1891. The Series continues with the Disney nature film, “Bears,” on June 28 & July 1.

The 1891 Fredonia Opera House is a member-supported not-for-profit performing arts center located in Village Hall in downtown Fredonia.

For a complete schedule of events, visit www.fredopera.org.