Voiceless

I love that they are calling attention to the fact that some churches stay silent on the issue of abortion when the Bible clearly shows in stories that there is a real human being inside of a pregnant woman (Luke 2, for starters). The movie was made with a different storyline than what I've seen before and has an unexpected twist (which I enjoy), but if I'm being honest, I did not think it was well-made. It didn't move me and get me revved up to be more active in the pro-life movement (though, I already am), which I'm sure is the reaction that they would like their audience to have. So all in all- a good message, but not a great execution.

I am gobsmacked that someone is so twisted thought that this was a good message to people, there is no way that they understand how health clinics work and that its already difficult enough for them to make a choice without feeling ostracized or scared for their life. Jesse is incredibly unstable and lies, judges and causes nothing but pain for others. What better way for a movie about pro choice and how a woman feels than to have it directed, produced and starring mainly men, and I guess the term Voiceless refers to having the women have little to no lines. I hate that I saw this movie, I hate that it exists and I hate the people behind it, never do this again!

This film disgusts me. The statistics in it are made up, the main opinion, that criticises women who decide what to do with THEIR body, is given by a man, who won't ever get pregnant, and the film is shot awfully as well. I could write a ridiculously long review on how insulting this film is, but just take it from me, don't watch this. If you really do have a burning desire to know just how bad it is, watch the Cinema Snob's review.

Voiceless did a good job of showing the struggle of Christians who believe, intellectually, that they are called to help the marginalized. Making the leap from addressing a challenging topic with the mind, and prayer, to tackling it with action is well made. I had hoped to be entertained by this movie (I was) and I thought I might be challenged (I was). The film offers appropriate challenges viewers in an entertaining way.

Some reviews have noted that the portrayals of women coerced into abortion in this film misrepresent the truth. Those close to the industry understand all too well that coercion is a major factor in the scenarios faced by women of all ages. Accuracy in this film is not lacking.

Maybe I'm very old-fashioned, but shouldn't semi-amateur filmmakers, the kind who get friends and family to post reviews on IMDb (judging from the number of reviewers here who have one credit to their names -- this film) be a little humble? But this is the honest-to-God working/alternate title: American Hero: The Movie. I mean! And this is the tag line: One man. One Fight. The Ultimate Sacrifice. Well, there are many more than one man in this film -- it seems to be a completely male lead and made project, and almost all female characters are victims or deluded fools, with few or no lines, even about their own abortions. The one fight is clear -- against abortion, and not, I repeat, not a fight to pay for and care for children. You could say the protagonist takes it a little far: spying on the clinic behind Venetian blinds, harassing people going in and out, even pushing one girl over the edge into suicide. But I just don't see who or what the sacrifice is, let alone the Ultimate Sacrifice. Is it the abusive husband, lying in the pool of his own blood (symbolism!)? Is it the protagonist's wife, who thanks God in church for a man who opened her eyes? Or is it the viewer, sacrificing brain cells he will never get back?