8/10
Time to go to Church
23 March 2023
Warning: Spoilers
The film was inspired by the life of Samuel Allen (Max Ehrich) and his wife Julie (Katelyn Nacon) who founded the Dream Church. The film starts with young Samuel wanting to be a preacher like his father Joe Allen (Gary Weeks). Samuel like to play the guitar and his father indulged him with an electric guitar that was not considered fit for church music. He played church music on it anyway causing women to swoon, especially Julie who made up her mind as a teen they would get married. Samuel fell the way of sex, drugs, and rock&roll until he had a near fatal accident. He ended up becoming a preacher from that point. The back room dealings at the church and backstabbing did not go well for Samuel who was once again singing on the road with his wife, still wishing he could preach again.

Generally inspired stories such as this manufacture conflict that never happened in real life, because what is a tale without an antagonist.

The theme is that people who have God and are saved can fall and get back on the path again. Inspiration story.
3 out of 6 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote.
Permalink

Recently Viewed