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God's Not Dead

  • 20142014
  • PGPG
  • 1h 53m
IMDb RATING
4.6/10
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God's Not Dead (2014)
College student Josh Wheaton's faith is challenged by his philosophy professor, who believes God does not exist.
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College philosophy professor Mr. Radisson's curriculum is challenged by his new student, Josh, who believes God exists.College philosophy professor Mr. Radisson's curriculum is challenged by his new student, Josh, who believes God exists.College philosophy professor Mr. Radisson's curriculum is challenged by his new student, Josh, who believes God exists.

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  • Director
    • Harold Cronk
  • Writers
    • Hunter Dennis(story)
    • Chuck Konzelman(story)
    • Cary Solomon(story)
  • Stars
    • Shane Harper
    • Kevin Sorbo
    • David A.R. White
Top credits
  • Director
    • Harold Cronk
  • Writers
    • Hunter Dennis(story)
    • Chuck Konzelman(story)
    • Cary Solomon(story)
  • Stars
    • Shane Harper
    • Kevin Sorbo
    • David A.R. White
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 768User reviews
    • 57Critic reviews
    • 16Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Dean Cain in God's Not Dead (2014)
    David A.R. White and Benjamin A. Onyango in God's Not Dead (2014)
    Willie Robertson and Korie Robertson in God's Not Dead (2014)
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    Paul Kwo and Shane Harper in God's Not Dead (2014)
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    Kevin Sorbo and Shane Harper in God's Not Dead (2014)
    Shane Harper in God's Not Dead (2014)

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    Shane Harper
    Shane Harper
    • Josh Wheatonas Josh Wheaton
    Kevin Sorbo
    Kevin Sorbo
    • Professor Radissonas Professor Radisson
    David A.R. White
    David A.R. White
    • Reverend Daveas Reverend Dave
    Dean Cain
    Dean Cain
    • Marc Shelleyas Marc Shelley
    Willie Robertson
    Willie Robertson
    • Willie Robertsonas Willie Robertson
    Korie Robertson
    Korie Robertson
    • Korie Robertsonas Korie Robertson
    Hadeel Sittu
    Hadeel Sittu
    • Ayishaas Ayisha
    Paul Kwo
    Paul Kwo
    • Martin Yipas Martin Yip
    Trisha LaFache
    Trisha LaFache
    • Amyas Amy
    Cory Oliver
    • Minaas Mina
    Benjamin A. Onyango
    Benjamin A. Onyango
    • Reverend Judeas Reverend Jude
    • (as Benjamin Oyango)
    Marco Khan
    Marco Khan
    • Misrabas Misrab
    Cassidy Gifford
    Cassidy Gifford
    • Karaas Kara
    Jesse Wang
    Jesse Wang
    • Martin's Fatheras Martin's Father
    Lenore Banks
    Lenore Banks
    • Mina's Motheras Mina's Mother
    Russell Wolfe
    • Dr. Stevensas Dr. Stevens
    Alex Aristidis
    • Fahidas Fahid
    • (as Alex Aristides)
    Michael Tait
    Michael Tait
    • Michael Taitas Michael Tait
    • Director
      • Harold Cronk
    • Writers
      • Hunter Dennis(story)
      • Chuck Konzelman(story)
      • Cary Solomon(story)
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    Storyline

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    Freshman university student Josh Wheaton attends a philosophy class, where Professor Radisson requires all students to submit a signed statement staying "God is dead" and never existed. When Josh refuses because of his own beliefs, the professor challenges him to defend his position, which leads to a series of confrontational presentations between himself and the professor, with the class as jury. —BakedEel
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    • religious zealot
    • christian film
    • religious fanatic
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    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • "What do you believe?"
    • Genre
      • Drama
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated PG for thematic material, brief violence and an accident scene
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      At the end of the movie, before the credits, a list appears onscreen of 37 real-life court cases by Christian students suing colleges because they feel that administrators are not allowing them to practice their faith. None of the cases parallel the film, but many involve Christians expressing unpopular viewpoints about controversial issues.
    • Goofs
      When everybody stands up to say, "God's not dead," there is only one student that doesn't stand up. During filming the actor got stuck in the seat and wasn't able to leave the seat.
    • Quotes

      Mark: You prayed and believed your whole life. Never done anything wrong. And here you are. You're the nicest person I know. I am the meanest. You have dementia. My life is perfect. Explain that to me!

      Mina's Mother: Sometimes the devil allows people to live a life free of trouble because he doesn't want them turning to God. Their sin is like a jail cell, except it is all nice and comfy and there doesn't seem to be any reason to leave. The door's wide open. Till one day, time runs out, and the cell door slams shut, and suddenly it's too late.

    • Crazy credits
      At the end of the film, the concert attendees are asked to text the phrase "God's Not Dead" to every contact on their phone. The credits then read, "Join the movement Text everyone you know", inviting the movie audience to do the same.
    • Connections
      Featured in Cinematic Excrement: Left Behind (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Hold You Up
      Performed by Shane Harper

      Written by Shane Harper and Morgan Taylor Reid

      (c) 2013 Bump Into Genius Music/Shane Harper Music (ASCAP)/Songs of CHMI/Tenyor Music (BMI)

      Shane Harper appears courtesy of Deep Well Records

    User reviews768

    Review
    Top review
    4/10
    No free academic discourse
    It's impossible to review Christian films because if you're a believer you think this is a great film with a great message. If you're a skeptic or an out and out atheist you'll not view it kindly. Credit however should have gone to such items as Crash, Magnolia, and heaven forfend Boogie Nights because in terms of structure God's Not Dead most closely resembles those films. There's a bunch of stories with people all interconnected somehow.

    But the main plot line involves young Shane Harper who is a Christian kid who is taking philosophy as an elective course. Instead of free academic discourse we have Professor Kevin Sorbo right off the bat wants to have his students declare God is dead. Harper is the one holdout and Sorbo essentially turns the class over to him, not for just one lecture, but for several periods where Harper has to get up and defend his faith.

    Back in the day I had college professors, mostly liberals to be sure, but would never act like Kevin Sorbo does. Later on we learn in the film that he's got some deep issues.

    As for Harper, he's told by the local pastor David A.R. White that this is an opportunity to go to bat for his faith. It would have been a lot easier to just drop the course and take another elective. In fact Harper is such a devoted believer one wonders why he's not in some place like Jerry Falwell's Liberty Baptist University or Pat Robertson's Regent University. Especially the latter since they have a law school there with guaranteed employment in the Justice Department when a Republican administration is in power.

    As we all know Kevin Sorbo first came to prominence portraying that most mythic of pagan heroes Hercules on television. Another former television superhero in this film is former Superman Dean Cain who is a lawyer with one colossal ego. His part is almost a caricature, especially when his girlfriend tells him she's got cancer. What a comfort Cain is to her.

    Christian icons like Willie and Korie Robertson from Duck Dynasty make an appearance. The finale is a concert by that most noted Christian Rock group the Newsboys.

    As a non-believer, not an anti-believer and there is a difference despite the position this film takes I'm not thoroughly trashing a job moderately well done. Why though the existence of a Creator/Deity is automatically meaning that a fundamentalist interpretation of Christianity is necessarily valid. Or a literal interpretation of any religion for that matter. Harper even concedes that there was no literal 24/7 creation. I suspect that if he had tried to defend the Bible in a literal interpretation of the flood or Joshua stopping the sun, etc., things might have turned out differently.

    One thing however did offend me greatly. David A.R. White is playing host to a visiting missionary from some unnamed African country. These are the same people who are currently pushing with glee and delight pogrom like laws against gay people in many African countries. Of course no mention of that in God's Not Dead, but I assure you that any gay people who see this film will mark it well for this colossal bit of hubris.

    Technically God's Not Dead is not a horrible film, but people depending on their point of view will react accordingly to it.
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    • Mar 31, 2014

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 21, 2014 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Бог не помер
    • Filming locations
      • Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
    • Production companies
      • Pure Flix Productions
      • Believe Entertainment (II)
      • Greg Jenkins Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $2,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $60,755,732
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $9,217,013
      • Mar 23, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $64,676,349
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • D-Cinema 48kHz 5.1
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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