This is clearly a film aimed to attract the young christian audience, full of songs praising God and characters that pray, have good behaviors and no vices. The teen couples never kiss, just hug. The disfunctional families soon find their peace thru forgiveness and open hearts.
It's refreshing, though, that unlike other "feel good movies" with religious backbones, the script didn't fall in the trap of being presumptuous showing perfect characters with higher morals. Instead, their representation is of modern and cool youngsters and diligent parents. Their behaviors flow naturally, including some very flawed attitudes such as using slangs, being infatuated with their colleagues mothers, chasing girls at school, staying out overnight or Meeting friends at the local hypster bar.
Anyway, the storyline is a cliché: a group of friends creating a band to compete in a music festival, finding their first love and relying on the Almighty to endure life's adversities.
It's refreshing, though, that unlike other "feel good movies" with religious backbones, the script didn't fall in the trap of being presumptuous showing perfect characters with higher morals. Instead, their representation is of modern and cool youngsters and diligent parents. Their behaviors flow naturally, including some very flawed attitudes such as using slangs, being infatuated with their colleagues mothers, chasing girls at school, staying out overnight or Meeting friends at the local hypster bar.
Anyway, the storyline is a cliché: a group of friends creating a band to compete in a music festival, finding their first love and relying on the Almighty to endure life's adversities.
