[Movie Review]: God's Not Dead

God’s Not Dead is an American Christian drama movie directed by Harold Cronk and produced by Pure Flix Entertainment.

I didn’t watch this movie because I wanted to be in the spirit as some would want to put it, but rather to find out the lessons in the movie.

As with any movie, there ought to be a lesson or two that viewers should go home with. This, therefore, means if there’s a movie that hasn’t got any intrinsic lesson, it was about time you jilt it and move on to the next one.

God’s Not Dead could be likened to many other Christian movies written by persons who want to demonstrate to the world their newly found faith in Christ Jesus. However, there’s something about this movie that differentiates it from the others in the market.

Now the storyline may not be different, but what makes it stands out was the way the characters went about their duties. It was business not as usual. It was a business in a different realm.

I’ve read some reviews written by persons who addressed themselves as atheists. They didn’t forget to preach us their reasons for not believing in God. They condemned the movie and described it as mockery, and unrealistic among others.

Truth is, you can run down the movie for all things but not the reality. The plot of the movie was simple. It was woven in a careful tapestry walking viewers by the hand from one scene to the other.

A college freshman named Josh (Shane Harper), who was an avid Christian; refused to sign a paper given to them by his Philosophy Professor Radisson (Kevin Sorbo) with the writing “God is dead.” Professor Radisson was an atheist who wanted to bully his way through but not this college freshman who didn’t fail to trumpet his love and respect for God to the chagrin of his girlfriend who left him because she considers his defense madness.

What happened was that Professor Radisson threw a challenge asking Josh to defend his faith before his colleagues during class. He was asked to prove the existence of God, even in the face of renowned philosophers who claimed God doesn’t exist.

There was an additional subplot of a Muslim woman who was working in the school cafeteria. Her father is a strong Muslim who would not want his children “contaminated” by other faith. When he found out that she was secretly practicing Christianity, he kicked her out of his home and she found herself in a church.

Though he executed his action based on his teachings, her father went through a lot of agonies after he sacked her only daughter. He showed great pain. He was not heartless as some do behave.

A pastor and his African friend also came in during another subplot when they wanted to rent a car for a vacation. In what has largely been described as divine, the two clergymen ended up at the right place with Professor Radisson who was running after his girlfriend.

I couldn’t have watched the movie at any better time than the time I did. It was as though something nudged me into doing so.

The movie encapsulates an attack on the Christian faith by a creation of man, Philosophy.

The picture quality is one of the best. The background music was carefully chosen and represent the grand theme of the movie.

Though the plot was predictable in my case, I didn't mind watching it.

Should you go see this movie?
I bet I’ll support you do so.
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