Cora spends her days begrudgingly answering phones at a Prayer Call Center under the watch of well-intentioned leader Bill. When a caller shows up convinced he's been saved by her voice, she must decide if she's the one he thinks she is.
Cora, a disenchanted and troubled young woman, begrudgingly answers phones at a Prayer Call Center under the watchful direction of its religious leader Bill. When her prayers start making a difference, one caller shows up convinced he's been saved by her voice. With the discovery of her newfound gift, Cora struggles to reconcile her troubled past, and grapples with the faith that others have started to show in her.—Vertical Entertainment
Cora works at a church answering phones for "Dial a Prayer". She doesn't seem to care about her work and wishes she weren't there. When 4:00 arrives she is out the door, returning home to her nice suburban home where her mother Mary seems to have mental problems and her father is a busy lawyer who is hardly ever around.
Cora has to do this job she hates. It takes a while but it is revealed her father's influence got her a light sentence after she and a group of sinful people did something terrible at a church.
Knowing the alternative is jail, Cora continues to struggle through this ordeal that requires her to spend the day in a room full of what she calls "freaks". She's not too far off. And they do take breaks from the work for silly and perky activities and for training. There is also volleyball in the church's gym, and while Cora doesn't like sports, she is expected to participate.
It is nearly Thanksgiving, but there is already snow on the ground, and Cora finds this town to be a cold and depressing place.
Bill is the pastor with a positive attitude who gets these people motivated, though he can be serious, such as when he warns Cora her performance is not up to par and if she quits, there will be consequences.
Siobhan is one of Cora's co-workers who sits in the next cubicle and tries harder than most to be helpful.
Cora begins taking the job seriously, and in fact she does so well people ask for her specifically. One man named Chase wants to meet her in person because she was so helpful, and while Cora is reluctant, she finally gives in. There is romantic potential.
On the other hand, one of the bad boys that got Cora in trouble comes to see her at home and says she wants to come back to them. There is what appears to be a flashback at one point to at least the start of whatever Cora did with those other people that got her in trouble.
Not only can Cora work her magic over the phone, but she seems to have miraculous healing powers as well.
Cora is not exactly squeaky clean. Her language is such that it would have to be cleaned up for TV and she is still not the good person one would expect in a movie like this. Though there is hope, as her mother shows her that she once played the angel Gabriel at Christmas in church. And Christmas is coming, but it doesn't seem particularly merry.
