PROS
+ Good actors. Great clothing and hairstyles of the women - everything felt like an authentic throw-back in time.
+ Well-made movie with a low budget.
+ Good display of breaking the barriers between those of rural areas and the town boys.
+ Good display of restoration.
NEUTRAL
o Good warning about the dangers of alcohol. But the movie has rather a legalistic character, as if Christians should never drink at all, which is far from the teaching of the Bible. When we avoid those two extremes, we also avoid that people suddenly get from one extreme to another. We have to educate about the dangers, but we have also to find a balance and not condemn anyone who has e.g. A cup of wine.
O Good example by Ginnie to stand firm and to pause the dating process when she saw no commitment to CHRIST. But the repeated 'we are only friends'-mantra while holding hands is not biblical - a Christian film should rather show a more defined dating process, similar to what many call 'courting', which is with a specific aim in mind. This movie did not show any aim and we can only imagine that it would have led to marriage.
CONS
- His salvation is very superficial and rather unbiblical. He stands at a tower with his friend, cries out into the air some lines of repentance to God and his friend even asks: "Are you just pretending?". Then we see Will in the next scene say "I asked the Lord to save me", although he only asked for forgiveness and no display of faith is seen. Even worse, the name of JESUS CHRIST does not even come from his lips in both dialogues. We see no reading of the Bible and no baptism, but he is suddenly dating again.
- The emphasis on Billy Sunday was a bit too much. Instead of repeating the question, "What did Billy Sunday say?", we should rather ask "What did JESUS CHRIST say?" Billy Sunday was also a Presbyterian teacher, but it is reported that he did rather not teach Calvinist doctrines and evangelized all people.
