David

If you are an academic (like I am) who likes diving into biblical history, this movie might seem a bit rushed for you. However, as a kids' movie, this seems great! I love the songs (I had them on a YouTube playlist even before seeing the movie), and the story illustrates some of the major points of David's life without making it too scary or adult themed. I took my parents and adult brother to see this, and to my surprise, neither of my parents fell asleep (which they often do when we see movies in the theatre). They were interested the whole time! My brother liked the movie as well and believes this will be like the new generation's Prince of Egypt (I agree).

Phil Wickham did a great job as David, especially considering that he does not have a lot of experience acting in movies. And I was so surprised that there were two different people voicing young and adult David! The casting director did a fantastic job matching Phil Wickham and Brandon Engman. There were even inflections in their voices that matched. I am a big fan of Phil Wickham, but I have to say Brandon Engman's voice amazed me. It is not often that I hear a voice that makes me stop to want to listen, even when there is no accompaniment; he has a wonderful gift for music and voiceover. Both of these individuals do. I hope I get to hear more from them in future Angel Studios productions.

I was hoping I would love the movie and I was so relieved that it lived up to expectations.

It walked a fine line by staying true to the Biblical account, but also remaining family-friendly and not too scary for little kids (I had a 6, 13, 15, and 17 year-old with me and they all loved it).

I appreciated the pacing and how they didn't draw out or agonize over just David and Goliath, but kept right on moving with other aspects of David's life. They covered a lot of ground and gave some nice small story arcs to smaller characters that fit in nicely overall. Jonathan's ending was beautiful and devastating (it reminded me of Finnick in the Hunger Games). I was choked up. Ditto for the ending. Such a beautiful message about fully yielding to God that was done very well.

It almost started to feel a little long in the last third, and just when I was starting to check the time, it picked up and had a fantastic climax, denouement, and ending.

Highly recommend.

I took my family including grandchildren. Everyone from the adults to the children loved it. It brought the biblical story of David, his faith in God. In these times of conflicts between people and nations you can see how God. This movie delivered a message without the need for vulgarity or things inappropriate for all ages.

I thought they did a really good job with this movie, the animations, and the songs. The only downfall I feel was the last third or so. It wasn't bad, it was just a little bit hard to follow since so much was put in. Overall I thought it was a great movie and I'd watch it again. Considering how the story is written in the Bible, they definitely made it flow pretty well.

I took my family to see David tonight. We have a pretty good range of ages with my wife and I in our 40s and four children ranging from 9 to 15.

All of my children loved it and they can be pretty critical of animated movies. My wife and really enjoyed it as well.

The animation is fantastic. The artists were able to capture the Israel environment beautifully with a level of believable realism. Character animation was very well done. There movement of hair, clothing, fabrics and nature in the wind was impressive. At a minimum I would recommend this movie just to watch outstanding animation.

The storyline covers a long period of time, but does so with easy to follow transitions. You don't need to know the Biblical account of David to follow the story and there are enough cultural cues and visuals to pick up on the plot. David's historic role as a warrior is downplayed in the story which helps make this more of a family friendly film. That may be a problem for some critics but the theme of the movie was capturing a man after God's own heart and I didn't find this distracting or dismissive.

Some critics may say that this movie may be too religious. It never made me or my children uncomfortable, but we're a family that appreciates conversations about God. Part of the story makes a delineation between those who use God as a means for power and those who believe and wrestle with that belief. All useful in conversation afterwards.

I thought the musical score was really well done. Some of the songs are great and some are a little bland. My teenage girls really liked the last two songs and were singing them in the car afterwards which was a nice break from or normal teenage playlist. As a comparison, I would say the sings aren't as strong as in Prince of Egypt, but still enjoyable and great for younger children.

Overall this is definitely a movie to watch with the family. David is a story that amplifies light with positive messaging about family, taking care of the poor, helping others, trust, humility, and doing what is right in the midst of fear.