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I was really interested in seeing the Hollywood aspect of this story, i have read so much about it since i saw the trailer, and i knew too much before even watching the movie.
There's a reason why this movie was over-looked and bashed by critics, and the movie says it itself "Most people are too afraid of knowing that it could be true because they haven't lived their lives as if there was a heaven" and that's really great moral.
I'm a Religious person myself and i was really moved by the real story (not the movie), but let's be realistic for a sec, i don't believe that this story will change your life, but it might gives you a reality check and makes you see things differently, and that's what people are afraid of, they don't want others to tell them how they should live, they don't want to know that there's a judgment day and everything you did or will do will be counted, in fact most people would just ignore the story and pretend that that didn't happen, or say it's "Propaganda" and move on.
So putting all this aside let's talk about the movie.
Actual Review
The story is well-known and inspirational, but the movie drags along too much, i mean how many times we saw them go to sleep and wake up, and how many scenes were there that didn't contribute to the plot? and let's not forget the bad dialog, i mean in most cases the screenplay was bad, and tends to be mediocre at best, and remember in the 90 movies when someone is giving an over dramatic speech and the director gives you a look of the people reacting to the speech? well.......this movie have that, and it was bad, i mean it failed to deliver the dramatic moments and there weren't any intense scenes.
Aside from that, and i'm sorry to say this but Connor Corum (the child who played Colton) was bad, because it isn't just about the look (cute), that child should have delivered a believable performance and now that i think about it, the performances weren't that great overall, even from Greg Kinnear (which i really love and i always felt that he's an underrated actor) which is sad thing to say.
This movie earn points for me for being brave, because we live in society nowadays that would easily believe in a twisted conspiracy theory than believing in God, and at the end of the day, this movie really gives you something to think about which is kinda the whole point.
6/10
