A Christian movie made for Christian families The premise is deeply flawed.
Kevin Sorbo portrays a hard drinking author specializing in books about atheism. In the opening scene, we see him give a speech outlining his hatred for God due to his son's death by cancer.
How can you hate something that doesn't exist?
The characters in this movie are painted in big, broad strokes. Kevin is a hard drinking man obviously miserable and in need of God's love. He's divorced and miserable. We know, right away, that this man needs Jesus.
After a car accident, where he was drunk, he dies for four minutes and he sees his son in his near death experience. Heaven just may be real after all.
Also,it bothered me that after his drunk driving accident, he woke in a hospital-not a jail. He's never arrested, the movie just carries on.
Slowly, he yearns for and finds God's love. I liked the message, but this movie used too many stereotypes in every way. It was too simple with no nuance, depth or subtlety whatsoever.
I did enjoy that his wife and sons were portrayed by his real life family. That was a nice touch.
It's a Christian movie made for Christians. It's perfect for families with teens or pre-teens.