This film is based on a novel written by
Brock Thoene. When a nativity scene in front of a church is burned, this event brings
the national spotlight to this forgotten Texas town. Pastor Adam Wells was once a famous preacher as a young boy but
he hasn’t reached these heights as an adult. He feels he now has an opportunity to regain his former glory. He also has one last chance to restore
his fractured family. Adam is
married to Maurene and they met in high school when they were chosen to
represent a married couple in class.
They are now having problems in their marriage. They have a teenage daughter Anne and
she is into everything Goth, dark lipstick, clothing, attitude and music. She doesn’t want to call Adam her dad
and she calls him Adam instead to show her disrespect of him. Adam may need to make a choice? To be the father to Anne that he needs
to be or regain the glory he feels he has lost?
This a broken family
that needs help to change. Adam is
struggling and Maurene is also struggling. She doesn’t want Adam to know that she has an bottle alcohol
hidden away. She sips from the
bottle when there are low points in her life. She wants to write her own speeches when she’s called to
talk to the women of the church.
She doesn’t want Adam to write them for her. Anne is even more lost than her mother. She is hurting deeply inside and she
would like to be released from her pain but she doesn’t know how. She hurts others first before they can
hurt her. This is her automatic
defense. There is a little bit of
confusion in this film unless you follow the plot closely. 3 ½* (I liked this movie)
119 min,
Drama directed by Andrew Librizzi with Renee O’Connor, Todd Terry, Cherami
Leigh, William McNamara, Andrew Prine, Barry Corbin, Tyler Corie, Shawn Roe,
Lou Beatty Jr., Jorgan Walker Ross, Andrew Sensening, Benjamin Dane, Jodie
Moore, Gail Cronauer.
Note: Goodreads gives the book 3.84* with 365
ratings, Imdb 7.4 out of 10, Rotten Tomatoes 100% audience, The Independent
Critic 3.5* out of 5* Richard Propes.
Special
Note: Filmed in Leonard and Dallas
Texas. Actress Cherami Leigh in
the role of Goth teen Anne Wells has voiced over 50 Anime characters. The filming schedule for this film had
to be reworked to allow her to attend a Megacon panel including a new Anime
series. She was also a Radio
Disney DJ starting at 8 years old.
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