Freedom

A+ agree - this is just such an amazing film for God, it captures every emotion possible in only the way an expert director can achieve, we can go on for whole scenes without the need for speaking, everything is told through the genuine body language and expressions. And when there is conversing we get such emotion and wonderfully powerful quotes "What we do in life, echoes in eternity" Wow.

The opening scene is spellbinding of the slave escape with Cuba Gooding, Jr and his family. Perfect cast, perfect soundtrack, perfect script by Tim Chey.

Every line moves the plot forward and is memorable. The music is gorgeous. The acting is impeccable. Wonderfully shot by Dean Cundey ("Back to the Future" Jurassic Park")

I will not write about the plot here, because many people already did this; I will only say for people that never watched this movie, that it deserves to be watched.

10+ rating

I understand this was one of the first faith-based movies on Showtime and it reached millions on Showtime TV.

So happy as it's an extremely profound and amazing film. The storyline combining two stories that parallel each other was brilliant and creatively ingenious.

I love Oscar-winner Cuba Gooding Jr's performance and the other actors were stellar including the JD Plimpton character.

This film is from the same writer as 'The Islands' which is one of my all-time favorites. The immense history combined with incredible slave hymns and Dixieland songs makes this film 'Freedom' one of the most glued-to-the-set, jaw-dropping films of the past decade.

MUST-SEE MOVIE!!

10/10.

My favourite thing about Freedom was its simple main storyline. There is a very easy to understand plot and our main characters revolve around it. All of them find redemption in Christ.

Love the story of John Newton who is man with a strong conviction, will-power and obviously blessed with exceptional song-writing ability but just wants to get to his home after fulfilling his work duties, but gets caught up in a situation that brings him to God. An unfortunate event after the other and he finds himself tumbling down a spiral.

The main characters have been played extremely well, with obvious mention to the main antagonist a slave hunter played by William Sadler. As they say, a good villain makes you hate them to the core and our actor does the job really well

My only nitpick would be the occasional corny dialogues.

9/10.

A+ rating.

A very complete tale, interwoven with beautiful cinematography, powerful performances (Cuba Gooding, Jr, Sharon Leal, especially), masterful score, and a truly epic storyline with many twists.

Ignore the hate. It's because of Jesus. Enough said.

Anyway, the visual details are great. Lots of money was spent on this movie and it was spent on things that really mattered, like recreating interiors and antiques. The guns and horses look like artifacts to the modern viewer, but they're also well-kept and illustrious. This is a powerful and unending film on slavery and faith and musical scores of the antebellum South.

The conclusion is a great blending of commonality of incredible faith and AMAZING GRACE. All in all, this is one of the most well rounded stories I've ever seen on the motion picture screen all due to the Lord Jesus Christ and His incredible redeeming mercy to us all!

Let's just say I'm mind blown by this movie everything from the start to the end I've been in love with it because I like learning about history and culture especially slavery history and this movie was it I enjoyed watching the musical scenes and the emotional moments of John Newton finding Christ. I felt like I was risking to the heavens specially at the end with the soundtrack this is the part which broke my heart and I will always remember this movie because of that specific moment. This is how movies should always be a fantastic story and ending I enjoyed every second of it and I'll watch it again in the near future OMG what a masterpiece. We truly have a Savior: Christ the Lord.