Lifemark

Good movie!

Unnecessary religious tone, preachy dialogue, and cloying soundtrack detract from the story and makes it fairly unwatchable.. I wanted to like it but this story's been told before, and better. The christianity aspect carries some judgmentalizing with it. Their god is always in a win-win position, because if their prayers and faith succeed. Then god gets the credit for the miracle. Failure of prayers and faith means it wasn't god's will and god works in mysterious ways. Pretty convenient. That's probably to be expected. It's their thing. It's a shame because young people need relatable ways to deal with real-life issues like adoption, teen pregnancy, and life skills without the fantasy of religion.

This movie won't be pulling in any acting awards in the near or far future but for a lazy day of mindless tv watching it was fine, even heartwarming. That is until its alternative motives were made clear. I guess I wasn't paying close enough attention to see where it was going. The end got super preachy with an anti-abortion chaser that discussed none of the nuances that may come into play when women make the decision to abort. As a woman and an adoptee I was low-key offended by the simplistic adoption vs abortion binary they drew in this movie. The last quarter of the movie was disappointing and infuriating in turns which colored my overall perspective in a negative way.

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Okay, I know. I'm an author. I do reviews of books, not movies. But today, I'm making an exception. First, let me explain, why this movie out of all of the movies in the world. It's about adoption, finding one's birth family, and every emotional twist and turn involved. And I went with my sister. Which in itself is a rather big deal. We've known each other for less than a year, yeah, I know that sounds odd. However, I was adopted, thus, it's only recently I've connected with a small part of my birth family. So I could relate to this movie, it felt like the storyline was my life in a way. There were so many places I found myself muttering, "I feel that way", "I've done that", "I've said that", or "I've heard that from so and so". And being there with my sister made the movie even more special. Having a few more moments with her are always a blessing since we've missed out on so much. Beyond that, I feel this is a movie anyone can relate to. More people need to understand what a beautiful gift adoption is. And how family can be created by choosing to accept someone else's child as one's own. Yet this doesn't mean that the parents who give up the child are forgotten, hated, or ignored. No, far from it. We adopted children often want to find that 'missing piece', that connection to where we came from. To hear the story of 'why'. But this journey isn't easy, it's filled with emotional landmines for everyone involved. And I love how this movie showed every angle of this very complicated puzzle - birth mother, birth father, adopted parents, and the child now eighteen at the heart of it all. Highly recommend this movie!

Poorly written. Emotional moments use cheesy royalty free inspirational/sad music, characters don't have any depth. To put it kindly, the acting is subpar and the dialogue is just awkward. Movie falls into countless poorly-executed clichés. One of the worst writing issues I noticed was how characters didn't evolve throughout the entire movie. Movie was so excellent it could have been directed by Donald Trump. Here's my satirical review: Beautiful film that loves mentioning how god was responsible for every thing down to a character speaking. What an amazing film, I loved it so much hearing about church and god. It was just so inspirational.

We viewed this movie during an evening with friends. I wasn't sure what to expect, but I am very happy to have seen this movie. I understand it is based on a true story of an adoption and the lives of those who were touched by the events surrounding it. The movie helps us to realize that the decisions we make will impact others in ways we could never imagine. Maybe that's the source of the name of the movie. It also helps us to realize that healing is not only possible but also available after making bad choices. It's a wonderful movie and I highly recommend it. Compared to many other movies, it's definitely one not to miss. It's not just "entertainment." You leave this movie thinking about the story and how it can apply to your own life.

Once again, Kirk Cameron makes another "christian" movie that is no where close draped in real-real-wrold reality. The acting in this movie is B- at least, a boring plot that you can see a mile away, and overall another sappy boring christian movie. Once again, Kirk Cameron makes another "christian" movie that is no where close draped in real-real-wrold reality. The acting in this movie is B- at least, a boring plot that you can see a mile away, and overall another sappy boring christian movie. Once again, Kirk Cameron makes another "christian" movie that is no where close draped in real-real-wrold reality. The acting in this movie is B- at least, a boring plot that you can see a mile away, and overall another sappy boring christian movie.

I've never given a movie 10 stars until this one! I was mildly interested in it before watching it and am so happy I did. I will warn you though it's a tear jerker. Finally a movie with a positive message, so badly needed in our day! Appropriate for the whole family. Everyone should be able to relate to this movie. I found myself relating to poor choices I've made in my youth, I found myself relating to the longing to be loved and wanted in your family, and I found myself relating as a parent and the love you have for someone walking around with a piece of your heart. If this movie gets downrated on IMBD, I can almost guarantee you that it will be because of trolls who believe in abortion. This movie though, does not focus on anti-abortion stances, but on the beauty that comes from the selfless act of adoption and the friends and family that are there for you supporting you through your ups and downs. So heartwarming, only those without a heart will not like it. Also wear waterproof mascara when seeing this!

I first found the Kendrick Brothers movie Courageous back when I was experiencing something similar as the character Nathan in that movie. I'll just say that movie had a message that reach a lot of people whether unexpected like it did with me or intentionally for its main audience. That audience has been ridiculed of late in the media and targeted by folks who simply have nothing better to do but insult others. This movie is an example of the evolving hate towards faith based movies and the audiences who support them. I was disappointed to hear my theater was only showing this for one week. I guess the subject matter if too conflicting with today's world climate. Still, this is one of the best movies I've seen this year. The topic of abortion has been told before going back more than 30 years in another Kirk Cameron movie 'Listen to me.' That movie was produced and advertised by a major movie studio. This one is produced by Christian film makers who have a reputation or making thought provoking, heart warming movies with a message. Except where major Hollywood movies are throwing money making garbage, they're really missing out on an audience who financially support these movies. This movie is well told, well acted, and moving. With the recent Roe v Wade issues in 2022, it's pro life stance likely scared away studios. No bother because those who enjoy good movies will still choose to spend their money on things they can take their families to see together. A young man turns 18 and realizes he was adopted as his birth mother reaches out to him. Eventuality he learns some years earlier, his mother considered abortion. The relationship between mom and son takes this movie to a whole new level not shown in movies today....genuine heart and human emotion. Are there themes of faith and hope?? Of course, and it's not ashamed to go there. What it will do though is make you think while you find yourself really invested in the characters. You find yourself rooting for these folks on screen because you want them to succeed. There's some humor, some comedy, little action, and all around a pretty good time. Best part is you can take the family to this one and not worry about sex and profanity. I'm guessing the PG-13 rating comes as a caution due to the subject matter but otherwise this is clean entertainment. I highly recommend it. Show Hollywood their error in not producing more movies like the Kendrick Brothers films-which by the way went number 1 in 2015.