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7.1/10 • 9

2017-02-101h 42m

DramaFamilyMystery

A lawyer-turned-preacher living in a small Appalachian town is pursued by an eccentric man to represent him in court. Now involved in a case that ties into his own small-town life, the former attorney agrees to help a man.

Directors
Gary Wheeler
Writters
Robert Whitlow, Gary Wheeler
Editors
Robert Whitlow, Gary Wheeler, Jonathan Olive

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  1. Barry Corbin

    Barry Corbin

    Sam Miller

  2. Coby Ryan McLaughlin

    Coby Ryan McLaughlin

    Mike Andrews

  3. Valerie Azlynn

    Valerie Azlynn

    Peg Andrews

  4. Lin Shaye

    Lin Shaye

    Muriel Miller

  5. Danny Vinson

    Danny Vinson

    Braxton Hodges

  6. Burgess Jenkins

    Burgess Jenkins

    Bobby Lambert

  7. Gregory Alan Williams

    Gregory Alan Williams

    Lamar Cochran

  8. Bob Gunton

    Bob Gunton

    Maxwell Forrest

  9. Rachel Hendrix

    Rachel Hendrix

    Melissa Hall

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Wuchak

Nov 14, 2022

7/10

The LORD wants you to do pastoral work, not be a lawyer! (Or maybe not) A pastor living near the mountains in western North Carolina (Coby Ryan McLaughlin) is approached by the wife of a man in jail for serious embezzlement. The couple (Barry Corbin & Lin Shaye) insists that God wants him, a former lawyer, to be the defense attorney. But why take time away from his pastoral ministry to defend a criminal? Unless, the man’s not a thug at all. "Mountain Top” (2017) is a crime drama written & directed by a coproducer of “War Room” (2015). While not as powerful as that film, it’s at least on the level of "God's Not Dead" (2014) and "Do You Believe?" (2015), just not as evangelistic and with a scenic mountain town milieu. It’s refreshing to watch a crime drama with overt verbiage concerning God and faith, yet it’s thankfully done in such a natural fashion it comes across low-key and not overdone. Valerie Azlynn is on hand as the pastor’s wife. She looks like a tall version of Valerie Bertinelli when she was young. The film runs 1 hour, 42 minutes, and was shot in Huntersville & Charlotte, North Carolina. GRADE: B

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$750,000.00
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