It is not. Some other reviews here state that this is a true story, but it isn't.
At the beginning of the movie the narrator states that this is a true story, that it really happened to him. The that is just the dialog of the character within this fictional story.
At the end of the closing credits is a disclaimer that the story is fictional and and similarities between real people or real occurrences are purely fictional.
Another error I found on this IMDB page is in the list of cast members. The credits at the end of the film list Melvin Ward as the actor who portrays Father Tomlin. The image accompanying Melvin Ward shows him as a black man, but the actor portraying Father Tomlin clearly is white. So whoever provided the information has the wrong Melvin Ward.
The Mevin Ward listed on IMDB's cast page was born in 1983, and, obviously, the white Melvin Ward who plays Father Tomlin is WAY BEYOND ten years old.
At the beginning of the movie the narrator states that this is a true story, that it really happened to him. The that is just the dialog of the character within this fictional story.
At the end of the closing credits is a disclaimer that the story is fictional and and similarities between real people or real occurrences are purely fictional.
Another error I found on this IMDB page is in the list of cast members. The credits at the end of the film list Melvin Ward as the actor who portrays Father Tomlin. The image accompanying Melvin Ward shows him as a black man, but the actor portraying Father Tomlin clearly is white. So whoever provided the information has the wrong Melvin Ward.
The Mevin Ward listed on IMDB's cast page was born in 1983, and, obviously, the white Melvin Ward who plays Father Tomlin is WAY BEYOND ten years old.