I’d heard everything from it was corny to it was wonderful and changed my life.  I had to see it.  And I’m glad I did because it was all of the above!

Yes, you have to get through the first 30 minutes of cheese and corn.  I still can’t put my finger on what it is about Christian productions and it’s my same criticism of Bibleman, which my children love. It’s a combination of overacted, overplayed, bad dialogue . . . do most Christians really talk so strangely?  I told Bill I’m so glad our congregation doesn’t talk weird LOL  There is just something about Kirk Cameron doing a really believable “angry” and yelling, “you are a bitter . . . WOMAN” LOL  Even a gutteral lack of word would have been more believable.  People just don’t fight like that.

But as the movie got going and the momentum of the situation took over and drove itself I have to say most of the scenes were believable and good–still often corny, but good.  Though the doctor interest was really awful.  She was desparate to fall for what he was offering.

After his true conversion and real commitment to the changes he was embracing things really took a turn, though. Maybe it was about being himself more at that point.  Bill loved that we didn’t see the typical “he got saved and everything got perfect” lie that is so often propagated.  Instead we saw God empower and equip him to make the tough but necessary changes.  When Torah expresses, “Because of me you will . . . ” it’s talking about the change that we undergo when He is in our lives and guiding us *and* we are following.

By the end we had both bawled at some scenes and I won’t share the conversation we had after but there was something about seeing the reality of so many of the things Bill has heard me say over and over, but coming from another source and from a guy’s perspective, that really impacted my husband.  He got it in a different way and we had a wonderful discussion about some things we’ve been struggling with ourselves.

Overall I would have to recommend it. It’s inspiring.  Just bring some crackers to get through that beginning