One thing that is a reason to see this movie are the 3 locations in British Columbia used to film it. There are some real spectacular sights used and the Director must get credit for using these natural resources to their fullest exposure. Yes, British Columbia is a really great place to film.
The story is a real tear jerk-er with flaws, but yet that is what make this film a powerful emotional roller coaster. Using God stories in films dates all the way back to silent movies(particularly African American Silents). While this one is a new spin on this type of story,it has been done before. Credit the film makers with giving it a fresh look.
Mac, the main character was Jake in Avatar. The supporting cast around him is superb. The film is getting howls of protest from religious groups who feel it twists the Bible and pushes a pack of lies to the viewers. The fact is that Religious Fantasy Films have always done this. This is a category of film whose top film is Ben Hur, which most do not realize is the greatest work of Fiction and Religious Fantasy ever written. Gen Lew Wallace made his work feel real by touring the Middle East before writing the book.
In this one, Mac, the main character is the son of an abusive father. When he is 13 years old, he poisons his dad to death to save himself and his mom from dads extreme abuse. This is a hole in the plot as most sons regardless of how bad dad was would feel a little guilty of murdering dad. If he does, the only way Mac shows it is by going overboard trying to raise 3 kids they way he wishes he had been raised.
As the story goes, Mac one day chooses to save his sons life, but while doing it his youngest daughter is abducted and murdered. Mac is shattered, feeling he failed his youngest daughter, and believes that somehow God has failed him. It might be because God seemed to help him poison and kill his dad so he is used to getting his way when he makes judgments?
There are a lot of holes here which folks are not gonna be happy about. God is symbolized by a Black Woman (known as Papa), a young Hispanic Male presented as Jesus, and an young Oriental woman. It is a shame people are still racist as that should not matter in this powerful drama. Mac is in their midst looking for the answers of tragically losing his youngest daughter and now becoming increasingly separated from his wife, son, and oldest daughter.
The lessons Mac learns are from inside himself as Papa and her 2 helpers teach Mac what is not right about his thinking, and how to finally cope with what has happened to him and his family. The movie makes you care about the main people in it, but does not explain everything clearly.
This is clearly not a religious movie, yet a lot of folks seem to think it is. The movie is a throwback drama that is worth seeing, just so you know that getting up in the morning is nowhere near as difficult as a real life event.
The story is a real tear jerk-er with flaws, but yet that is what make this film a powerful emotional roller coaster. Using God stories in films dates all the way back to silent movies(particularly African American Silents). While this one is a new spin on this type of story,it has been done before. Credit the film makers with giving it a fresh look.
Mac, the main character was Jake in Avatar. The supporting cast around him is superb. The film is getting howls of protest from religious groups who feel it twists the Bible and pushes a pack of lies to the viewers. The fact is that Religious Fantasy Films have always done this. This is a category of film whose top film is Ben Hur, which most do not realize is the greatest work of Fiction and Religious Fantasy ever written. Gen Lew Wallace made his work feel real by touring the Middle East before writing the book.
In this one, Mac, the main character is the son of an abusive father. When he is 13 years old, he poisons his dad to death to save himself and his mom from dads extreme abuse. This is a hole in the plot as most sons regardless of how bad dad was would feel a little guilty of murdering dad. If he does, the only way Mac shows it is by going overboard trying to raise 3 kids they way he wishes he had been raised.
As the story goes, Mac one day chooses to save his sons life, but while doing it his youngest daughter is abducted and murdered. Mac is shattered, feeling he failed his youngest daughter, and believes that somehow God has failed him. It might be because God seemed to help him poison and kill his dad so he is used to getting his way when he makes judgments?
There are a lot of holes here which folks are not gonna be happy about. God is symbolized by a Black Woman (known as Papa), a young Hispanic Male presented as Jesus, and an young Oriental woman. It is a shame people are still racist as that should not matter in this powerful drama. Mac is in their midst looking for the answers of tragically losing his youngest daughter and now becoming increasingly separated from his wife, son, and oldest daughter.
The lessons Mac learns are from inside himself as Papa and her 2 helpers teach Mac what is not right about his thinking, and how to finally cope with what has happened to him and his family. The movie makes you care about the main people in it, but does not explain everything clearly.
This is clearly not a religious movie, yet a lot of folks seem to think it is. The movie is a throwback drama that is worth seeing, just so you know that getting up in the morning is nowhere near as difficult as a real life event.