adoshna Review of Canaan Land

Canaan Land (2020)

A different kind of movie, like everyone is always asking for

[10/10 · 10 January 2021]

Like it's companion novel, CANAAN LAND is heartfelt, edgy, spiritual romance t. I was able to finish the novel in in two nights although it it 400 pages long and I am a slow reader, part of it being that it is a very easy read, but it is also very entertaining and engrossing. In any case, both projects spring from the depths of his heart. The people, places and things are richly detailed. Each character is shown to be laboring under his or her own burden for which he needs deliverance, as opposed to simply trashing an opportunistic minister, and by extension, the faith he claims to represent, generating despair. In the end, Brother Billy is presented with a choice, but either way he turns he must face the consequences of his actions. Rather than a quick and easy, cheap faith as often suggested in Christian dramas, forgiveness does not always negate the lingering effects of bad decisions but rather, in the real world, puts the ball again back into our court. I was involved with the movie but watch it and see if you don't agree.