Overcome

I kept expecting Colton to realize he can't do enough good works to make things right. He even asked his mom why he was still feeling guilty after all the things he's already fixed. I thought she would tell him he needs to trust in Christ alone. Instead, she told him it takes a while to be able to forgive yourself. We don't have the authority to forgive ourselves. For those with kids in the home, the best part about this movie was an opportunity for teachable moments, mainly teaching what Christianity is and is not. And this ain't it.

I dont think the Apostle Paul would appreciate his name in the tag line. "For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified." 1 Corinthians 2:2

Colton sees himself as a cool kid who just needed to clean up his act a little but and get some new friends. Paul would tell him to read Galatians.

This movie is so ridiculously heavy handed and preachy. The dialog is ridiculous. There might have been a line in the movie somewhere that didn't sound completely artificial, but if there was I didn't hear it. It reminded me of a long, low quality public service announcement made by a local government channel. The characters are one-dimensional cardboard cutouts. The actors are not good, but you can't blame them too much, because the material they have to work with is so bad that they never had a chance. The plot must have been written by a home-schooled scriptwriter who imagined what actual high school must be like. There's nothing good about this movie. I know the creators thought they were trying to send a good message, but watching this movie just makes me want to punch someone. Don't waste your time.

The Gospel is not some self-help program where we have to make up for our past. The Gospel is not something we have to do. It is something that has already been done for us.

This movie was a waste of 1.5hrs.

The things I've read about it being an "evangelical edit" of a mormon movie make perfect sense. There are no in-church scenes, no teaching moments and no discussion of who God is and what He expects.

I have to assume the aforementioned things were either in the mormon edition but would not have translated to an evangelical film, or they were never in the movie. Either way, this edition pretty much demonstrated that mormonism is not Christianity. For the Christian, repentance and faith in Christ is required. Reconciliation is sought because of a heart changed by Christ, and out of a desire to bring that change to others. The motivations of Colton's change were absent other than he just felt the life he had been leading was wrong. There was no discussion about why he really felt he needed to change. There was a lot of prayer, but no discussion on what the prayer was about or to whom.

Jaycee Lynn was almost believable. Colton went from the kid brother in "Sixteen Candles" to Wally Cleaver.

This film was devoid of any spiritual content. It seemed the filmmakers wanted to tell me something about changing my life... I'm just not certain what.

"Overcome" is the 'Evangelical Christian' edit of the 'Mormon' film "Turn Around". There are quite a few 'Mormon' films shot with two slightly different edits, and different titles to appeal to different faiths. It's actually a pretty good deal; very few lines are changed and the cost isn't increased much but the market is much broader. I for one don't mind this at all (I'm of the Evangelical Christian Persuasion) and prefer to hear 'pastor' to 'bishop' for example. If you doubt this, read the IMDb for "Turn Around". There is no doctorine other than general morality and forgiveness in this film which is the essentially the same in both faiths.

I've seen both. The film is quite good in either case.