The Pastor and the Pro

I was curious about this movie based on the title, with low expectations.

Very pleasant surprise. Female lead was great with a lot of witty clever lines, making for an interesting combination of humor and drama.

"Jacob" (Travis Lincoln Cox) is a really nice guy who serves in a church while anxiously waiting to be ordained. Unfortunately, the fact that he is young and single works against him with his superior "Pastor Campbell" (Phillip Keiman) who doesn't quite feel comfortable with him yet. On an entirely different note, however, is the fact that Pastor Campbell's conniving niece "Leah" (Monika Holm) definitely likes Jacob and often tries to use her relationship with her uncle to pressure Jacob into dating her. So when an important Christian leader by the name of "Dr. Callahan" (Andrew Tribolini) accepts an invitation to visit the small church, Jacob is essentially told that in order to be invited he must bring a date-presumably Leah. But rather than bringing her, Jacob decides to ask his neighbor "Rachel" (Kelly Cunningham) to come instead. The problem is that Rachel is a prostitute and she not only wants to be paid but also has one major condition that Jacob has to agree to as well. And this creates all kinds of problems for him. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was a cute film which started off rather well but tapered off midway through the picture. Yet even so, both Travis Lincoln Cox and Kelly Cunningham performed quite well and if not for the lackluster ending I would have rated this film slightly higher.

Kelly Cunningham...why is she not busier ? she was wonderful, as was the actress who played Leah (the Pastor's niece.) I read somewhere that this movie cost $11,000to make, so how 'bout y'all bashers on here go make a better one for $11,000...i'll wait.

The story of the Pastor and the Pro is much better than the seeming intrigue of the set up. The performances of the main stars are pretty good. Campbell is believable in the role of a working girl trying to tempt a virginal pastor, and Cox plays a convincing single pastor torn between holiness and self righteousness. The extras are cartoonish and the production quality is poor, but the writing is pretty strong. The struggles of the main characters seem real and their responses seem true to the characters. The movie was very funny, but not the farce that the title would suggest. The use of dramatic irony is funny and effective. A couple of the jokes don't land, but I feel that is more an issue of the edit and sound quality than of the writing, acting or directing. All in all, one of the better low budget, faith focused films I have seen.

Worth to see the movie for the effortless acting of Kelly Cunningham...Except acting and the script other deparments did not do much. Otherwise this would have been a great movie.