Let There Be Light 2017

    Sol Harkens is the world’s most famous atheist.  Despite his far-reaching fame, he’s really a lonely man and a lousy part-time dad.  Sol and his ex-wife Katy suffered the loss of their nine-year-old son David because of cancer.  Both Sol and Katy have not recovered from this loss.  Katy is doing a lot better than Sol but she has two other boys to take care of while Sol is alone.  Sol has a near death experience while driving drunk and wrecking his car.  He sees their son David and he tells Sol to “let there be light?”  Sol is in worse condition after seeing David and he doesn’t understand what David meant?  Everything he knows and believes has been challenged?  He’s having a difficult time coming to grips with what may be his new reality?

     Sol is all over the place and he really likes vodka!!  It doesn’t help that his publicist and his assistant don’t tell him the truth!!  They are interested in furthering Sol’s career because that’s what lines their pockets.  They want sales of his latest book to go through the roof!!  They want him to give many lectures and sell out the venues every time!!  His assistant is more on Sol's side than his publicist.  This film had a lot of promise but sometimes it turns hokey!!  3* (This movie is OK)

100 min, Drama directed by Kevin Sorbo, written by Sam Sorbo and Dan Gordon with Kevin Sorbo, Sam Sorbo, Daniel Roebuck, Donielle Artese, Gary Grubbs, Travis Tritt, Joe Herrera, Leander Suleiman, Walnette Marie Santiago, Olivia Fox, Dionne Warwick.

Note:  Imdb 4.8 out of 10, 43% critic 75% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 4.4* out of 5* with 706 reviews.

Special Note:  Filmed in Birmingham, Alabama and New York City, New York.  This film is the directorial debut for Kevin Sorbo.  His real life wife and sons play his wife and sons in the movie.  Let There Be Light Productions is the distributor for this film.  There is a post of Kevin Sorbo in his apartment in the role of Hercules on television in the 1990’s.  Travis Tritt is a country singer and he the role of a doctor.  Michael Franzeze (Pastor Vinnie) is a former member of the Columbo crime family.  He had a prison conversion and travels the country preaching about his former life and how he has changed.  There are three other films with the same title from 1946, 2011 and also 2017.