Drama

Lifemark

Kendrick Brothers

United States of America

English

Raphael Ruggero

Kirk Cameron

Dawn Long

Rebecca Rogers

Alex Kendrick

Marisa Lynae Hampton

Isabelle Almoyan

Lowrey Brown

Ezra DuVall

Harlen Ernest

Elliana Papageorgiou

Stephanie Parker

Kathy Patterson

Larrs Jackson

Justin Sterner

Amber Sweet Sterner

David Colton

Katherine Tucker

Terri Middleton

Kevin Peeples

Stephen Kendrick

Beverly Holloway

Bill Ebel

Aaron Burns

Justin Tolley

Bob Scott

Philip Braun

Ivan Walters

Joseph Santoyo

Jon Shryock

Keith Roush

Jared Corum

Vicka Hansen

Chris A. Wilks

Nathan Paine

Grant Cadwell

Hannah Riley

Paul H. Koehler

Teddy Hallaron

Kyle McCuiston

Jonah Cuozzo

Rob Combest

Kathryn Alexandria Stoltz

Connor Thomas

Jenin Gonzalez

Trevor Kolman

Jonathan Terpstra

David Scotton

Shari Rigby

Mark Miller

Mary Smit

Michael Arneel

Spencer Weaver

Konur Papageorgiou

Linda Aldmon

David Samonte

Zen Parker

Justin Chavers

Jordan Roby

Shannon Kendrick

Jack Kelly

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It probably wouldn’t be fair to just trash this film out of hand. There will doubtless be many who find the pro-life message it emphasises life-affirming. As a piece of cinema, though, it is a shockingly simplistic and one-sided attempt to suggest to young women facing that most difficult of decisions that all in the garden is ridiculously rosy! We start with “David” (the easy on the Raphael Ruggero) whom we discover has been adopted by the Christian (that’s important) Colton family - “Jimmy” (Kirk Cameron) and “Susan” (Rebecca Rogers). They live a happy life with the young man a keen wrestler about to go on to college. Sadly, though, injury befalls him and after surgery to relieve pressure on his brain - the recovery from which would put Lazarus to shame - he has to rethink his plans. Meantime, his birth mother realises that he is now eighteen and so attempts to get in touch. The rest of this rather sentimentally cheesy drama follows a slightly nauseating path, I found, aided unhelpfully by his rather irritating mate “Nate” (Justin Sterner) who insisted on filming everything on his phone - even some of the most sensitive and personal moments as the story evolves with an almost menacing degree of indoctrinating pontification - subtle, yes - as an air raid! The acting, especially from the adults, is twee and pedestrian in the extreme with adulation and fawning galore as we plod along towards an ending that I found supremely condescending. This is at best, a mediocre television movie that should only be shown in cinemas with a warning that it completely lacks any sense of balance. The soundtrack is also banal - plinky plonky piano chords just to reinforce the gloopiness. I didn’t hate it. Cameron et al are entitled to their point of view, but if this is supposed to be in any way educational or realistic, then I’m Tom Thumb!

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Raphael Ruggero

Kirk Cameron

Dawn Long

Rebecca Rogers

Alex Kendrick

Marisa Lynae Hampton

Isabelle Almoyan

Lowrey Brown

Ezra DuVall

Harlen Ernest

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