The Resurrection of Gavin Stone

Sure, a religious movie but just right combination of a good story and credible acting.

My wife and I have been enjoying "The Chosen" series by Dallas Jenkins. When I googled him, I read a rather curious point about how his first full length movie was a total bomb and how that impacted his personal life for a while. So naturally, we felt like we needed to see what this movie was all about since we thought The Chosen was a magnificent piece of work. We found The Resurrection of Gavin Stone on Prime and watched it.

For the life of me, I cannot understand WHY this move didn't generate better reviews and have a better rating. Sure, it's a Faith-based movie and as a Christian, I enjoy Faith-based movies and feel like I should support them. Perhaps the problem with the movie was the fact that it didn't generate much buzz when it came out in 2017 (here it is at the end of 2020 and I'm just now hearing about this movie?). But it should have generated some buzz because it was a real heart-felt movie that contained good comedy and definitely a good message of a second chance at life. And since a big part of the Christian message is having a second chance, it certainly checked that box!

I'm glad my wife and I found this movie during this Christmas season as we thoroughly enjoyed watching it!

This is one of the best and enjoyable Christian movies that I have seen in a long time applying an 'everyday life' theme - well done guys! This film gives a very good and heavy example of someone who - yes he lied about his believe in Jesus - but Jesus changed his life through the believers in the play. Great chemistry in the Spirit with everyone. Kudos to the play and excellent story line and I pray that the Lord opens more opportunities for this group. What's next?

When you watch a Marvel movie, you expect certain cliches. Same here. But as many have pointed out, it's not over the top cheesy. I also like that it's a generic Christian film that doesn't try to ramrod denomination specific beliefs. The basics of starting over again, helping others, finding truth for yourself, etc.

We enjoed this movie as a family. The plot is quite clichéd and esay to forsee. But the acting is good and there is some nice slapstick dialogue and a good natured humor which - if you are familiar with church culture - makes you laugh about yourself/your church culture in a refreshing way. It is a clearly faith based film centred around the message of love, forgiveness, grace and getting a second chance. Entertaining and family friendly. Not very compelling but not too cheesey.