Miracle in East Texas

This is the light-hearted story of two prospectors - read swindlers - bilking widows out of money in an "oil well fortune" scheme, who, accidentally, struck black gold in Cornville, Texas.

Doc Boyd and DH "Dad" Everett, who have a practiced and tried "dry well" oil swindle actually strike oil in East Texas, and economically rejuvenate the whole region.

This movie does not attempt to glorify, or demonize, any of the themes presented. Oil exploration, Small-Time Hucksters, and even religious conversions are all on the table and are presented in a mildly positive light, where positive virtues of dignity and self-respect override self-preservation and greed.

There are the feel-good vibes that come from the "Support your local gunfighter" locales and music, as well as the hapless swindlers reminiscent of "The Producers".

The closest it got to preachy was when the poor black and white folks started working together on the Bethel well, which could have been shown without being noted, to stronger effect.

The star quality is there, without over-whelming the story, which is well-written, well-acted, and well-made. Just now, while writing this review, I realized that the CGI special effects were so well done, and so well integrated, that you don't even notice them.

I believe also, that this was movie-studio quality made on a relatively low budget, by people that know how to get the shot they need, with what they have on hand. Special shout-out to the overhead drone shots, that were absolutely gorgeous without being horrendously expensive.

It was just a good written film with some humor no language family-friendly movie. That you can't say about too many movies anymore. It's too bad that the rating above overall is poor. People are just not open to seeing a good movie without language or sex in it. I applaud you for this those that made this movie. Thank you Kevin, actors and crew!

As you can see I'm not real big on riding a whole bunch of stuff I just say it plain and clear and it won't let me enter this without 600 characters so I will go on some more about the story being good and cute timely I love when people all come together from everywhere anytime and there's a happy ending. Make sure you watch it all the way through to the credits they have takeouts from the movie.

Had the misfortune to see this "movie". Kevin Sorbo has to be the absolute worst actor on the face of the earth. I could go on and on about how terrible his acting was, but I'll reserve it for your own opinion. The story lacked content, not well written and quite boring. Just another story about a dried-up swindler who is looking to rejuvenate himself, like Sorbo's acting career.. The gist of the story is that two con men try to convince a group of widows to invest in worthless oil wells during the Great Depression. Don't like the story line, didn't care for the movie. At all. 15 more charactlers...

Really enjoyed working as Kevin's stand in as well as meeting the whole Sorbo family! What a true success/American dream story in Kevin and Sam Sorbo! They are Actors that we can truly look up to.... and to have the kids on set working along side was a true blessing.

The whole experience was excellent, the interdepartmental cooperation, sense of family spirit, good clean comedy, both in front of and behind the camera.

Being on set with my wife Tree as volunteer kitten wrangler was also very fun, but our intense long work days must have made the on film product that much better. We were also protected from storms on set with so many prayers shared on this film.

I understand it wasn't a big budget film, but the team that came together were brilliant and professional all around. Would love to do it all again!

An excellent movie brought to life by Dan Gordon! The acting and directing is excellent.

These days politics invades every part of life, including entertainment. That HAS to be the reason for all the negative reviews. You can actually feel the hatred coming through the words in their reviews. More than likely, most of those reviewers have not even seen the movie, just doing the reviews to damage the film and the actors because they don't agree with their perceived politics. They would probably enjoy the mindless super hero movies, rather than movies with substance.

The movie is dramatic, funny, and has a really good plot. A very enjoyable movie that is devoid of sex and offensive language which is very hard to find these days.

Do yourself a favor, see this movie, you won't regret it!