Grace and Gravity

The movie is written for the Christian audience, and as a believer, I found it raised some thought-provoking points I've never heard raised before about why it is we want to share our faith. It had fun, light humor and was enjoyable to watch.

This is a low budget Christian film that punches well above it's weight. If you saw Sunset Limited with Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson and liked it, then you might like this. Grace and Gravity steers away from the horrible pitfalls of other Christian films, such as God's Not Dead, by giving the atheist character a real sense of intelligence and biblical knowledge, so that the conversation is never one-sided. It's not about a Christian character "saving" the poor little atheist. It's more a film about two very broken people helping to fix each other through the building up of a relationship. Yes, this does mean lots of talk about biblical matters, but it's done in a very natural and grounded way through good old fashioned character development and not by beating you over the head with it's theology. If you hate religion or Christianity, then this probably ain't for you. But I don't see the point in coming to a film with the express purpose of being able to write it off. If, however, you are someone who is able to approach things with a more open mind, then you might just find much here to enjoy.

Bruce Marciano who has played Jesus in several Christian movies is in a modern day film shot in the United Kingdom in Grace And Gravity. He's a writer/photographer on assignment in the UK and a Christian. He finds another Christian Richard Brimblecombe about to jump off a country bridge. He's a preacher with a radio call-in show, but he's missing that to commit suicide.

Brimblecombe's life is talked about and we see why he's lost his faith in flashbacks.

Nothing special here. As for the climax. Someone was watching It's A Wonderful Life at how Clarence saved George Bailey.

I watched this unsure after reading some reviews... but I truly enjoyed it. It's not a big-budget film, but it's quite touching and gets you thinking. Had more humor than I expected, too. The Brit vs. American angle is quite funny. It's really about a former preacher in England who's lost his faith, and an American who's a new believer -- they meet on an isolated bridge where the former is about to commit suicide. The American tries to save the Brit, but it turns out they both need saving. I felt really good when the film ended -- not the ending you expect, either. I'd say give it a shot. I'm glad I did.

I gave this 3 stars for a few decent jokes it had. All in all, very poorly written, acted and filmed. It was made as a propaganda movie, but it doesn't understands the basic concepts of the atheism it was made to preach against. If the point was to bring the unbelievers to faith, it fails. Only made for the entertainment of hardcore believers.