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Reviews
Unidentified (2006)
This Christian is very disappointed
I am a Christian; my life has been transformed by Jesus Christ. I strongly support folks who have a vision to produce movies of excellence which portray truth and help turn the tide of our culture for good. I should have loved this movie, right?
Wrong! The supposedly spiritual lead in Unidentified was a self-righteous "I have the answers and you don't" sort: without a shred of love, compassion, respect for the dignity of unbelievers or willingness to hear and respond to honest questioning. The message was not the good news: we all desperately need a savior, and one has been provided for us, a free gift from a God who loves His creation. The message was the bad news of religion: read your Bible and go to church more and you can avoid hell and be raptured out before you face tribulation.
Frankly, this movie was embarrassing. The script desperately needed editing, the acting and production were amateur and the message lacked intellectual honesty as well. The god it represented was not the God I know and love.
It had a few good spots but they were few and far between. I hope you WON'T bring unbelieving friends, WON'T waste your money and will stay away in droves.
Finding Home (2003)
Delightful surprise
My husband and I took a chance, going to the area premier of an unknown film, Finding Home. What a delightful surprise, on so many levels. The scenery was beautiful, the story and actors captivating, but best of all, it was a breath of fresh air in a dry and thirst land. There were real life consequences to people's choices rather than Hollywood gloss-overs. There was a powerful portrayal of the difference between what is commonly called 'love' in our culture, and true, mature love. There was the look at core values , shaken up and requiring examination, the message of forgiving as we ourselves need to be forgiven, the benefit of learning from the mistakes of others rather than repeating them.Like my favorite author, Dickens, all this was done without preachiness or heavyhandedness, but instead, through the story, the choices of the characters, and the results of those choices. Bravo! More movies like this could change our culture, causing us to think rather than follow blindly like sheep, and to have a more realistic view of life and its choices than Hollywood currently offers us.