Epiphany

This film is so lacking that it is painful. Only the beauty and engaging acting skills of the young actress, Caitlin Carmichael kept my husband and I from leaving it after ten minutes. There are plots here which are unresolved or unfinished, and it is a melodramatic and depressing story, with depressing dysfunctional family dynamics.

Ever wonder what a movies about even though you're half way through? I watched Epiphany (painfully) to the end. I never really knew what it was about. Some of the acting was good. The girl, the brothers were pretty good, but the story line never unfolds! Just kind of weird and sad. There was nothing gripping, just hollow. 3/10

I get what reviewer "topdawgcritic" is saying aobut fake reviewers. But then again a lot of films, most films that he or she themselves highly rates are chock full of fake reviewers, they are just less apparent since the shilling is done by pros instead of strong fans or friends and family. Take a look at 2019 film "Human capital." The first 1,300 ratings, yes 1,300 were all "10 star" and we given before the film was even released. That is manipulation.

Fact is, this film is -- for its genre of affirmative family drama, with an ethnic twist, -- a very good film. The family scenes are in fact better written and acted than the family scenes in the Freddie Mercury biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" which was more trope filled than the average "Lifetime channel" film.

Epihany's acting is all good to very good. The adult actors all clearly pros, and the child actress is quite talented. The scripting, saccharine in parts -- exactly like the genre -- and the filming is generally very professional. It IS the type of film you can sit with your preteen and watch.

My family background was Indonesian American and I think the portrayal of ethnic quirks and tensions of dual culture, which often has a higher behavior expectation/impact on girls, was very well done in Epiphany, again in the context of that genre/plot element.

The story line is extremely poor and the movie is a waste of time when I checked the rating at the beginning it was 8.5 I wouldn't give it over 2 Stars and now it's already down to 6.5 and with more people watching the movie bad reviews will keep coming instead of the fake ones

... the emphasis seems to be on action, violence, fantasy, endless franchise efforts, and impressive special effects. Some reviewers here apparently need these elements in order to rate a film above 5. Epiphany apparently did not make the grade for them.

I've been associated with independent film production for over seventeen years. Epiphany is a well-made, engaging film that appeals to ones emotions, not on ones testosterone junky fix. See it for a story that may move you more than you might expect for a film set around the sponge diving business. Otherwise, just stick to "Beyond the Twelve Mile Reef" and let it go at that.