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Where Hope Grows

  • 2014
  • PG-13
  • 1h 35m
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6.6/10
3.5K
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8,714
Where Hope Grows (2014)
A self-destructive former pro ball player is given a serious lesson in living life with courage when he befriends a grocery store clerk with Down syndrome.
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A baseball player whose professional career was cut short due to his personal problems is suddenly awakened and invigorated by a young-man with Down syndrome who works at the local grocery s... Read allA baseball player whose professional career was cut short due to his personal problems is suddenly awakened and invigorated by a young-man with Down syndrome who works at the local grocery store.A baseball player whose professional career was cut short due to his personal problems is suddenly awakened and invigorated by a young-man with Down syndrome who works at the local grocery store.

  • Director
    • Chris Dowling
  • Writer
    • Chris Dowling
  • Stars
    • Kristoffer Polaha
    • David DeSanctis
    • McKaley Miller
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    3.5K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,348
    8,714
    • Director
      • Chris Dowling
    • Writer
      • Chris Dowling
    • Stars
      • Kristoffer Polaha
      • David DeSanctis
      • McKaley Miller
    • 38User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
    • 41Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 1 nomination

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    Brooke Burns, Chris Dowling, and David DeSanctis in Where Hope Grows (2014)
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    Kristoffer Polaha and David DeSanctis in Where Hope Grows (2014)
    Brooke Burns and Kristoffer Polaha in Where Hope Grows (2014)
    Brooke Burns, Kristoffer Polaha, and David DeSanctis in Where Hope Grows (2014)
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    Kristoffer Polaha
    Kristoffer Polaha
    • Calvin
    David DeSanctis
    David DeSanctis
    • Produce
    McKaley Miller
    McKaley Miller
    • Katie
    Michael Grant
    Michael Grant
    • Colt
    William Zabka
    William Zabka
    • Milton
    • (as Billy Zabka)
    Brooke Burns
    Brooke Burns
    • Amy
    Clyde Risley Jones
    Clyde Risley Jones
    • Dexter
    • (as Clyde Jones)
    Alan Powell
    Alan Powell
    • Franklin
    Danica McKellar
    Danica McKellar
    • Susan
    Kerr Smith
    Kerr Smith
    • Officer Minniear
    Drew Cash
    Drew Cash
    • Eric
    J. Teddy Garces
    J. Teddy Garces
    • Doctor Jones
    Chase Anderson
    Chase Anderson
    • Jackson
    Sonya Thaper
    • Nurse Meera
    Michelle J. Fine
    • Nurse Kristen
    • (as Michelle Fine)
    Ken Arnold
    Ken Arnold
    • Steve Bookerson
    Daniel Harrison Smith
    • Game Vendor
    Rebecca Lines
    Rebecca Lines
    • Laura
    • Director
      • Chris Dowling
    • Writer
      • Chris Dowling
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    • Trivia
      David DeSanctis will become one of the first actors with Down syndrome to play a leading role in an English-language feature film.
    • Quotes

      Produce: I'm doing good. Even when I'm doing bad, I'm doing good.

    • Connections
      References Rain Man (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      Life, Love and Pain
      Written by Kyle James Hauser

      Performed by Kyle James Hauser

      Courtesy of sonaBLAST! Records

    User reviews38

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    8/10
    It changes you for the better
    he last Christian-themed or faith-based movie I actually enjoyed was "Fireproof" and that was more than seven years ago, I was a single man and that movie even spoke to me, whether or not you're married, whether or not you're a believer, you can learn a lot from "Fireproof," and I think that's what makes WHERE HOPE GROWS effective, is that you may be at the point in your life where you're still looking for what it is that you'd like to believe in, but you can still get something out of watching this good-hearted film that changes you for the better.

    I'm with you there when I say that I don't like movies that are too preachy or all up in your face, shoving sermons down your throat, which is why I had avoided pretty much every faith-based movie since "Fireproof" because the level of preachiness just went through the roof, most of them were not even about story and characters anymore. If I wanted to watch sermons, I'd simply just straight up watch it off youtube, there's tons of evangelical seminars on the web, but if I come to watch a film, a film is what I want to end up watching.

    From writer/director Chris Dowling, WHERE HOPE GROWS, in a nutshell is about Kristoffer Polaha's character, Calvin Campbell, a former pro baseball player whose career was cut short due to panic attacks at the plate. Nowadays, he turns to alcohol for solace and struggles raising his teen daughter (McKaley Miller). Calvin strikes an unlikely friendship with a young man with down syndrome, Produce (David DeSanctis) who works at a local grocery store. This friendship gives Calvin a new look on life as he finds redemption, but this friendship will also be put to the test.

    I think it's wise move on the filmmakers' part that they cast an actual man with down syndrome to play Produce, instead of having actors like Cuba Gooding Jr. ("Radio") or Dustin Hoffman ("Rain Man") for example. There is a benefit to actors convincingly pretending to be what they're not, but there is an even more benefit to just giving the role to someone who literally knows what it's like to be that person. And David does a fantastic job of balancing vulnerability, humor, and ingenuity. You take a few seconds look at David and the way he carries himself, and it suddenly makes you want to be a better person. I must admit, as far as filmmaking goes, it's extremely simple, nothing much about it that would blow your mind, this is a case of working within the budget that you're given. The plot is also very thin, very generic, this is the type of road from self pity to redemption that you've seen a thousand times before, but I still enjoy the themes quite much, and I think WHERE HOPE GROWS is an important film that young generation today need to watch so that they can learn to be more sensitive and tolerant and more accepting of those whose are different from us.

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    • Release date
      • May 15, 2015 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • El poder de la esperanza
    • Filming locations
      • Louisville, Kentucky, USA
    • Production companies
      • Godspeed Pictures
      • Stealth Tiger Entertainment
      • Attic Light Films
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,156,000
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $457,287
      • May 17, 2015
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,159,072
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      1 hour 35 minutes
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      • Color

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