Christian Mingle

I decided to watch this movie as a joke. Sometimes going into a movie knowing it's bad will sometimes help brace for the train wreck. But no foreknowledge of this film could prepare you for how bad it is. On the nose dialogue. No empathy for any characters. Forced changed. Forced plot. Even the camera work is amateur.

The best types of films are supposed to make you forget you're watching a film. Sadly, for Christian Mingle, you're constantly reminded you're watching a movie. A bad one.

The only reason I watched this cringe fest was because I made a deal that I'd watch this if my friend watched a horror movie. I knew going into it that it would be bad, but wow just in the first 10 minutes it was worse than I thought. The plot revolves around Lacey Chabert's character and Jonathan Patrick Moore's character. Chabert's character is desperate to find "mr. right", so she goes onto the religious dating site, Christian Mingle. Now is she a Christian? No ofcourse not... and that's how we get our movie. This movie literally does everything wrong, like I'm just wondering who thought this was a good idea.... The acting is atrocious, Chabert has a few scenes where I'm reminded that she's actually a decent actress, but my god she just has no material to work with. The dialogue is soooo cringeworthy, there were many times I just felt so emberrased for the actors involved. They try to be funny with the fact that Chabert isn't a Christian, and she has to pretend to be one around his family... but it's not funny at all. The "comedic" moments are just flat out cringe inducing, instead of being genuinely funny. And then when you're not cringing, you're just being preached at. 1/10, shockingly bad.

Another in a long line of cornball Hallmark Christmas movies. Even their Hallmarks Hall of fame movies are no longer the great movies of the past.

The 2014 film Christian Mingle, directed by Corbin Bernsen and starring Lacey Chabert, is a lighthearted romantic comedy that wears its faith proudly on its sleeve. While it doesn't reinvent the genre or shy away from formula, it offers a sincere and earnest portrayal of spiritual searching and personal growth. Unfortunately, the film's reception highlights a broader trend in media bias-namely, the tendency to dismiss Christian-themed films as artistically inferior simply because of their religious content.

Watching Christian Mingle, I found myself unexpectedly charmed. Chabert brings warmth and genuine comic timing to the role of Gwyneth, a young professional trying to find love and meaning. The plot, centered around her joining the Christian dating site (yes, the real one), is undeniably quirky. But beneath that setup is a heartfelt story about the discomfort and joy of spiritual awakening. It made me reflect not just on the characters' journeys, but on the human longing for belonging and truth.

What stands out is how the film is treated critically. Mainstream reviewers were quick to mock its premise and tone, often failing to engage with its themes beyond a surface level. This speaks to a larger issue: when a film like Christian Mingle openly discusses faith, especially Christianity, it's often labeled preachy or simplistic-even if similar emotional beats in secular films are praised as profound. There's a condescension that assumes religious audiences can't appreciate nuance or quality, and this bias keeps many honest efforts, like this one, from being judged on fair cinematic grounds.

Is Christian Mingle a perfect movie? No. The production values are modest, the dialogue sometimes clunky, and the characters occasionally veer into caricature. But it is also kind, funny in its own way, and unafraid to talk about faith without irony. For viewers open to its message, it can be surprisingly moving. It made me smile more than once and left me thinking-not about the site itself, but about how people change when they start seeking something deeper.

This film might not be for everyone, but for those tired of cynicism and hungry for hope, Christian Mingle offers a sincere alternative. It deserves better than to be laughed off the screen. The media bias against religion needs to stop!

One of those movies where you can't help but wonder what the people who made it were thinking. Reads like a satire of christianity, but it's too on the nose. Paul is an absolute weenie. Chabert is delightful, and her character is the only one that seems at all human.