Plot
College student Josh Wheaton's faith is challenged by his philosophy professor, who believes God does not exist.

Release Year: 2014

Rating: 4.6/10 (2,918 voted)

Critic's Score: 22/100

Director: Harold Cronk

Stars: Shane Harper, Kevin Sorbo, David A.R. White

Storyline
College student Josh Wheaton's faith is challenged by his philosophy professor, who believes God does not exist.

Writers: Hunter Dennis, Chuck Konzelman

Cast:
Willie Robertson - Willie Robertson
David A.R. White - Reverend Dave
Shane Harper - Josh Wheaton
Kevin Sorbo - Professor Radisson
Korie Robertson - Korie Robertson
Marco Khan - Misrab
Alex Aristidis - Fahid
Lisa Arnold - June Wheaton
Tommy Blaze - Dan Tibbs
Maison Briley - Concert Guest
Ross Britz - Junior
Laci Broussard - Assistant
Dean Cain - Mark
Jay Caputo - First Guest
Ray Gaspard - Dinner guest

Taglines: "What do you believe?"

Official Website: Official Facebook | Official site

Country: USA

Language: English

Release Date: 21 March 2014

Filming Locations: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Opening Weekend: $9,244,641 (USA) (21 March 2014)

Gross: $10,100,950 (USA) (24 March 2014)

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Rating: 1/10

I have never written a movie review in my life but I was so offended by this movie I felt compelled to say something. I actually went into the movie excited to see a genuine debate about God vs Science. I knew there would of course be some Christian bias as there would be an atheist bias if the movie was made by atheists. However, what this movie turned out to be was a hypocritical piece of propaganda. I will give the movie some credit for bringing up a few intelligent points for the case for god but not enough to redeem it even a little.

If you are a Christian and are OK with this movie then I suggest you re-watch it after reading this review. I will try not to be overly negative but it will be hard for me.

1st) Every character in this movie that was not Christian was either portrayed as an idiot (the reporter), a terrible person (the boyfriend), an abusive father (the Muslim), or a God hater (the atheist professor).

2nd) The atheists professor was apparently only atheist because he was hurt over his mothers death and blamed God. While I will admit this is probably the case for some atheists it is not the majority. Further, being atheist does not mean you hate Christianity or would ever require students to sign an agreement that "God is dead." Not to mention this character is hit by a car at which point the Pastor in the movie runs to him telling him this is his last chance to accept Jesus as his lord and Savior.

3rd) the LONE Muslim man in the movie is a control freak dad who ends up slapping around his daughter when he finds out she is listening to the bible on tape. I know plenty of Muslims that are very accepting people and this portrayal only enforces stereotypes that are often wildly inaccurate.

4th) The movie makes a point that without God nothing matters and you can't have morals and everything is permissible. It further implies that without God there is no way to have hope in life. This notion is extremely ignorant and one that any logical Christian would reject.

5th) The movie ends with a list of court cases proclaiming them as examples of this type of situation, but fails to give any detailed information. I expect that upon further investigation of these cases I will find them to be very very different. I will write in later once i research them.

Overall, the movie is offensive to anyone thats not Christian and should be offensive to those Christians who have valid arguments for their faith. I do not wish to belittle anyones faith and do believe logical and intelligent discussions can be had without degrading one another. I am not an angry person and very rarely get worked up but by the end of this movie I was almost in tears at how offended and upset I was. Again, this is very uncharacteristic of me. I am not some but hurt atheist in fact I am not really sure what I believe at this point in time but I can guarantee you this movie only made me angry at the Christians who made it and participated in its production. Growing up in a church I have met many intelligent and insightful Christians who I love dearly. This movie was so disgusting in its execution that I almost asked the theater for a refund.

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