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7.8/10 • 30

2022-09-091h 45m

Drama

Hope is at the heart of every journey.

David's comfortable world is turned upside down when his birth mother Melissa unexpectedly reaches out, longing to meet the eighteen year old son she's only held once.

Directors
Kevin Peeples
Writters
Kevin Peeples, Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick
Editors
Kevin Peeples, Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick, Bill Ebel

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  1. Raphael Ruggero

    Raphael Ruggero

    David Colton

  2. Kirk Cameron

    Kirk Cameron

    James Colton

  3. Dawn Long

    Dawn Long

    Melissa Cates

  4. Rebecca Rogers

    Rebecca Rogers

    Susan Colton

  5. Alex Kendrick

    Alex Kendrick

    Shawn Cates

  6. Marisa Lynae Hampton

    Marisa Lynae Hampton

    Young Melissa Cates

  7. Isabelle Almoyan

    Isabelle Almoyan

    Reese

  8. Lowrey Brown

    Lowrey Brown

    Brian

  9. Ezra DuVall

    Ezra DuVall

    Presley

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CinemaSerf

Jul 17, 2023

5/10

It probably wouldn’t be fair to just trash this film out of hand. There will doubtless be many who find the pro-life message it emphasises life-affirming. As a piece of cinema, though, it is a shockingly simplistic and one-sided attempt to suggest to young women facing that most difficult of decisions that all in the garden is ridiculously rosy! We start with “David” (the easy on the Raphael Ruggero) whom we discover has been adopted by the Christian (that’s important) Colton family - “Jimmy” (Kirk Cameron) and “Susan” (Rebecca Rogers). They live a happy life with the young man a keen wrestler about to go on to college. Sadly, though, injury befalls him and after surgery to relieve pressure on his brain - the recovery from which would put Lazarus to shame - he has to rethink his plans. Meantime, his birth mother realises that he is now eighteen and so attempts to get in touch. The rest of this rather sentimentally cheesy drama follows a slightly nauseating path, I found, aided unhelpfully by his rather irritating mate “Nate” (Justin Sterner) who insisted on filming everything on his phone - even some of the most sensitive and personal moments as the story evolves with an almost menacing degree of indoctrinating pontification - subtle, yes - as an air raid! The acting, especially from the adults, is twee and pedestrian in the extreme with adulation and fawning galore as we plod along towards an ending that I found supremely condescending. This is at best, a mediocre television movie that should only be shown in cinemas with a warning that it completely lacks any sense of balance. The soundtrack is also banal - plinky plonky piano chords just to reinforce the gloopiness. I didn’t hate it. Cameron et al are entitled to their point of view, but if this is supposed to be in any way educational or realistic, then I’m Tom Thumb!

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
$5,021,114.00
Keywords
high schoolchristianityadoptionconservativeevangelical christianityreligious filmhumanityfoster careabortionabortion clinicfamily lifepro lifechristian faithanti abortion