Sounds like some of the raw voices in the Book of Psalms. Very good lesson for us to be honest and open with God; He can handle it. God already knows what we are thinking anyways.
I don't know that the Christian churchwas/is ready for such honesty. That is one of the most healthy portrayals of faith and love I have ever seen. It's touching, moving, poignant, and human. Sometimes we forget the church is filled with humans. And sometimes the people in the church forget it too.
@okcomputergirl13 I remember seeing this in the theater and was really taken by how good Farrah Fawcett was. I was always pleased that later in her career she rose to the challenge and her talented was respected.
This probably one of the best if not the best Christian movies ever made. It was definilely better then Gibson's Christ. Not that wasn't also a brilliant movie, but it had some very false notes & flaws. This movie is so constantly right on in terms of character & story. This by someone who has looked at the Evangelical & Charismatic/Pentacostal world closely & w/ affection, but most of all honesty. It is about how God draws straight w/ the crooked lines of our lives.
This is true Christianity where the rubber meets the road. A passionate man with emotions who serves and preaches while also sharing his heart as David did in Psalms! 5 stars.
Have you seen him in Network? He is really an amazing actor. I'm not one to think acting is an art, however, there are a few actors, like Duvall, who make it into art. This film is wonderful.
A brilliant, truthful, painfully honest portrayal of someone going thru a crisis of faith. Maybe the best movie in recent memory to believers as real people, struggling to figure out how to follow what is perfect and holy in a world that is not.
@Hawthorne2k Thank you. Yours is the review I would have loved to write had I ever been able to stop crying, any (and every) time I watch this movie or anything from it, and I always end up saying too much. You captured it beautifully in a few words. Thank you.
Best line of the movie: "I always called you Jesus, you always called me Sonny." June Carter Cash had a small but important role in this movie as well. Although I wasn't raised in the Pentacostal church, my father and my grandmother was, and I have great affection for these people and for this movie.
Duvall at his heartrendingly finest. This and "Network" are my favorite movies with him. Apocalypse Now also but his part was too small in that.
RuffHouseStudios 3 weeks ago
Sounds like some of the raw voices in the Book of Psalms. Very good lesson for us to be honest and open with God; He can handle it. God already knows what we are thinking anyways.
Amoziah 1 year ago
I don't know that the Christian churchwas/is ready for such honesty. That is one of the most healthy portrayals of faith and love I have ever seen. It's touching, moving, poignant, and human. Sometimes we forget the church is filled with humans. And sometimes the people in the church forget it too.
phoenixtimes2 1 year ago 3
he crazzy
margaretclare22 1 year ago
an American Masterpiece
vivascargill 1 year ago
Wonderful movie with some of the most amazing acting I have ever seen. A painfully honest portrayal of how much we need God.
okcomputergirl13 1 year ago
@okcomputergirl13 I remember seeing this in the theater and was really taken by how good Farrah Fawcett was. I was always pleased that later in her career she rose to the challenge and her talented was respected.
wasteland70 1 year ago
This probably one of the best if not the best Christian movies ever made. It was definilely better then Gibson's Christ. Not that wasn't also a brilliant movie, but it had some very false notes & flaws. This movie is so constantly right on in terms of character & story. This by someone who has looked at the Evangelical & Charismatic/Pentacostal world closely & w/ affection, but most of all honesty. It is about how God draws straight w/ the crooked lines of our lives.
VictorLepanto 1 year ago 4
Duvall is a cinic...America's best actor.
queensthug 2 years ago
This is true Christianity where the rubber meets the road. A passionate man with emotions who serves and preaches while also sharing his heart as David did in Psalms! 5 stars.
vdvsoldat 2 years ago
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vdvsoldat 2 years ago
he should have won the oscar for this
mmdaltx 2 years ago 3
@mmdaltx I agree. Was he, or the movie, even nominated for it?
preachersdtr1 1 year ago
Farrah Fawcett, June Carter Cash...RIP.
I think years later, people are going to look back and see how brilliant this movie actually is and was.
To me, it is not a religious film. I am not a religious person.
lucasboden 2 years ago
My favorite movie. So honest.
knucklesmcgill 2 years ago
Has Duvall EVER hit a false note? What a great artist.
thewomandirector 2 years ago 2
Have you seen him in Network? He is really an amazing actor. I'm not one to think acting is an art, however, there are a few actors, like Duvall, who make it into art. This film is wonderful.
wasteland70 2 years ago
"Giveitomtgiveitomegiveitomegimme PEACCCCCCCE! "
Tha's good stuff, man!
MarcusDarling4026 2 years ago
Seems to me he got his answer when the dog started barking.
432F01 3 years ago
There are so many things exactly right about this scene I don't even know how to talk about it.
"Blow this pain outta me."
Bubdylan524 3 years ago 3
Absolutely Exceptional acting by Duvall.
markitopapito 3 years ago
A brilliant, truthful, painfully honest portrayal of someone going thru a crisis of faith. Maybe the best movie in recent memory to believers as real people, struggling to figure out how to follow what is perfect and holy in a world that is not.
Hawthorne2k 3 years ago 17
@Hawthorne2k Thank you. Yours is the review I would have loved to write had I ever been able to stop crying, any (and every) time I watch this movie or anything from it, and I always end up saying too much. You captured it beautifully in a few words. Thank you.
preachersdtr1 1 year ago
Best line of the movie: "I always called you Jesus, you always called me Sonny." June Carter Cash had a small but important role in this movie as well. Although I wasn't raised in the Pentacostal church, my father and my grandmother was, and I have great affection for these people and for this movie.
DaveWVideo 4 years ago 6
Yeah! I like that kind of honesty!
kingskid1985 4 years ago 3