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Chosen (2021)
Heartfelt but low budget
Appreciate this attempt to shine a light on the broken foster care system. Low budget evident in production quality and some acting and writing is substandard and sometimes sappy, but it is a heartfelt movie with a good message about an important subject and worthy of a "7" rating for that reason.
Unfortunately, it paints fostering/adopting in an unrealistic manner. In my experience personally and based on others I know, it is hard, painstaking work. Abused children do not suddenly blossom once they are in a loving home. They often create severe strain on family life, sometimes for many years. This is not to discourage you from doing it but to help you do so with open eyes. They need and deserve our love.
Christmas with the Chosen: Holy Night (2023)
The music, the messages and the drama are all excellent and seemed Spirit-filled to me.
Never posted a review here before and this is more a response to another negative review. If you are expecting a two-hour movie this is not it. But if you want to view a meaningful, well-produced Christmas event, this works very well.
To those who have seen the previous Chosen Christmas specials, maybe this will disappoint because there is (mostly) material that has been shown before in one form or another, but apart from that, the music, the messages and the drama are all excellent and seemed Spirit-filled to me.
Since the choice of Amanda Jenkins as one of the speakers was criticized by another reviewer let me counter that by saying I thought she hit a home run. Her content and delivery was perfect.
In a sea of near endless garbage and darkness that flashes across movie screens, it is great to see something filled with so much goodness.