I went to the world premiere of this in Boise, because a friend of mine was in it and I was very intrigued by the premise. (My friend got completely cut out, but I digress)
I'll admit that it has amazing cinematography, good lighting, and a great production value. It also has a good Thomas Newman like score, but the main problem I had was that it chose to present the unchristian culture of today in a way that I just couldn't take seriously. (Scenes regarding a musical, robbing a bank, and fantasy books made me and the audience do a visible facepalm).
The pacing was really odd at times, there were too many fades to black, and in general there were a lot of baffling decisions made in the script. Certain scenes with important exposition happened so fast, it threw me off. Also there is a key character that we see no evidence of being a Christian and then after something happens to her, people act like she was a believer the whole time.
Don't get me wrong it had the right heart behind it, but a lot of the performances and the dialogue felt forced and unnatural.
I feel really bad, because they obviously put so much time and money into it. But they requested our honest thoughts to be put on IMDB so I hope I was able to offer some constructive criticism.
Lauren, I wish you well in your future endeavors. God Bless.
