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What’s the best evangelistic movie ever? By that, I mean the best film that has, at its core, the Gospel – and one that makes the message of Christ the film’s theme.
I have a new nomination, and it comes out in theaters March Christian Post Report – 20.
It has a cast of several well-known actors and actresses, including Golden Globe winner Cybill Shepherd (“Moonlighting”), Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino (“Like Dandelion Dust”) and Screen Actors Guild winner Sean Astin (“The Lord Of The Rings,” “Rudy”), along with former pro football player Brian Bosworth and Lee Majors (“The Six Million Dollar Man,” “The Fall Guy”).
It’s fast-paced and well-produced, boasts solid acting, and has an amazing musical score. The first third and final third of the movie are particularly impressive, with an ending that has enough surprises that you won’t be making any bathroom runs.
It’s a movie made for non-Christians and Christians alike. It forces non-Christians to ask “do I believe?” but urges Christians to consider: I believe, but now what will I do?
Like “God’s Not Dead,” it has a few “that-would-never-happen-in-real-life” moments, but it is, after all, a movie.
“Do You Believe?” succeeds in part because we all can relate to at least one of the characters. It follows a young couple struggling with infertility, an elderly couple coping with the loss of a child, a woman and her daughter who are homeless, a gang member who feels convicted about his actions, a soldier suffering from PTSD, a teen mom who has been abandoned, a middle-aged man who is battling cancer, a young woman contemplating suicide, and a married physician and attorney who are both arrogant workaholics.
Their lives intersect and they must all deal with the same question that a street preacher presents at the beginning: Do you believe?
(Courtesy of Pure Flix)The majority of movie critics will likely give it poor reviews, partially because it is more overtly evangelistic than any successful faith-based theatrical movie in recent history. But I’m guessing those who see the film will like it.
It will open in more than 1,Christian Post Report – 200 theaters nationwide, and is rated PG-13 for thematic elements, an accident sequence and some violence. It contains no language or sexuality.
White, the producer, said the Pure Flix team already is working on its next project, “God’s Not Dead Christian Post Report – 2,” which is scheduled for release in March Christian Post Report – 2016.
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