Drama

John, 316

Canada

English

Skylar Radzion

Afton Rentz

Griffin Cork

Jayson Therrien

S-Raj Kumar

Jarvis Greiner

Darrell Portz

Neil Chase

Len J. Phillips

Christopher Heatherington

Amber Shaun

Deimon Slagg

Alice Creed

Gilbert Allan

Chris Krueger

Reamonn Joshee

Dean Buscher

Matthew Warkentin

Jenn Repp

Tyler Duffy

Colin Matty

Lindsay Christopher

Gord Andersen

Michael Schaar-Ney

Gordon Andersen

Charlotte Loeppky

Miriam Anderson

Ilana Anderson

Eden Unger

Kasia Brytan

Hanah Semeniuk

Vina Nguyen

Kelly Krause

Dori Book

Rossi Radzion

Steven McGuire

Trevor Talbott

Jana Lapel

Alexandre Fortin

Robert Fehrmann

Vincent Papequash

Hayden Chies

John Evans

Donald Morin

Darcy Lavigne

Kyle White

Ramez Fawzy

Kendrick Sims

Elizabeth Kelly

Shaun Donnelly

Brandon Rhiness

Cordell Moore

Mark Guido

Jacob Shultz

Michael Kenneth

Brad Belcher

Harvey Lilley

Craig Sorensen

Conor McDavid

Jade Wong

Kenny Heintz

Chase Gardiner

Liam Douglas Donnelly

Steven Schaefer

Sean W. Neil

Latif Ullah

Jordan Dietz

Joel Chanin

Grace Kinley

Molly Rasmussen

Michael Noble

Thaimu Turay

Patrick Strevens

Arthur Mah

Audrey Lazzara

Erwin Arroza

Taison Gelinas

Zac Shulko

Mack Alvin

Tim Rutherford

John Anderson

Thierry Diab

Evan Laszlo

Ethan Ward

Emily Bruinsma

Richard Baker

Mikos Zavros

Paul Bergeron

Logan Wilson

Jesse Luce

Erika Knudsen

Rob Chaulk

John Michael Curtin

Braydon Langford

Calixte Leblanc

Andrea Clark

Gabby Moukhaiber

Jeremy Roberts

Courtney Raham

Casey Whitesell

Brendin Evans

Wayne Greiner

Brett Lemay

Zachary Hazelwood

Amanda Cutting

David Wowk

David Gallinger

Paige Tymchuk

Tom Armstrong

Cheryl Ogilvie

Jared Nichyporuk

Jeremy Greiner

What a unique movie! Definitely not your normal flick about Christianity.  It's a modern day retelling of the Jesus story from an religiously objective viewpoint. We get to observe the humanistic benefits of faith as well as the obvious futility of "knowing" if there is a higher power or not. Very entertaining and extremely well done for its low budget status.

**_“Would you sit with me?”_**

At a psychiatric hospital in middle America a no-name drifter (Colin Matty) is brought in by the police, covered in a white sheet because he was naked. While he is likable and his eccentric ways win over the patients, the faculty isn’t so sure (Afton Rentz, Griffin Cork, etc.), especially when a new boss takes over (Darrell Portz). 

“John, 316” (2020) is a mental hospital drama that’s naturally reminiscent of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975), but with a supernatural element similar to “The Green Mile” (1999) and a protagonist who recalls Toni Collette of “The Sixth Sense” (1999). 

It’s amazing this only cost $75,000 (or $100,000 in Canadian dollars) because it’s a worthy drama with entertaining bits and potent insights. Sure, it’s not on the level of “Cuckoo’s Nest” or “Green Mile,” but I prefer it to “Sixth Sense” for several reasons. You get to know the characters and buy them as real people. Only Portz hams it up a bit, but it fits his antagonistic role.

The spiritual points connected with me and they’re way more than just what relates to the title. I’m not going to give ’em away, yet they’re there for all to see; you just have to look beyond society’s programming (brainwashing). One simple scene could easily be missed it’s so mundane, but it speaks deep cosmic truth.

The movie runs 1 hour, 43 minutes, and was shot in Alberta, Canada, at Alberta Beach & Edmonton (hospital). Alberta Beach is about 45 miles west of the big city.

GRADE: B+/A-

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