The Woodcarver (2012)

A troubled youth vandalizes a church and winds up in a close association with the woodcarver whose work he destroyed.

Director:

Terry Ingram

Writers:

Thomas Makowski, Jack Nasser

Stars:

John Ratzenberger, Dakota Daulby, Woody Jeffreys

Cast

Complete credited cast:
John Ratzenberger	...	Ernest
Dakota Daulby	...	Matthew
Woody Jeffreys	...	Jack Stevenson
Nicole Oliver	...	Rita Stevenson
Anthony Harrison	...	Pastor Robert Clark
Stephen E. Miller	...	Jerry Sandstone
Tom McBeath	...	Principal Stark (as Tom Mcbeath)
Merrilyn Gann	...	Christine

Storyline

Unable to cope with the squabbles of his divorcing parents, fifteen-year-old Matthew Stevenson takes it out on his church. The old and godly widower whose woodcarvings Matthew trashed takes in the kid as a worker to help repair the damage, which also provides Matthew a quiet harbor in which to consider WWJD (What would Jesus do?). That phrase gets back to and influences his parents as well, and the family that was once disintegrating after turned from God mends.

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Plot Keywords:

teenaged | argument | tablesaw | woodpile | church | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some thematic material

Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 March 2012 (Canada)

Also Known As:

WWJD II: The Woodcarver

Filming Locations:

Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nasser Group, North

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Ernest Otto: I'm not about to tell anybody how to raise their child, but if your boy needs a place to stay to clear his head, then he can stay here with me. Lord knows I could use the company.

User Reviews

One of the best faith based movies I have ever seen. Not the typical everything is perfect type. I like that. I say B+

"You can either lend a hand or get out of the way, I'm pretty sure I know what choice Jesus would make." When high school dropout Matthew, upset with his parents, vandalizes a church his punishment is to help fix it up. When he is sent to help woodcarver Ernest Otto (Ratzenberger) Matthew begins to learn a valuable lesson. As I have stated many times before my biggest problem with the faith based movies are that everything is too perfect and there is no tension. This movie is one of the few exceptions that I have found. This is also the only movie like this I have seen that actually threw me for a loop at the end. This is a very good movie and very much worth watching even if you don't normally like the faith based movies. Overall, along with "What if" this is one of the best faith based movies I have ever seen. I give it a B+.