Review of God's Not Dead (2014) by Banjohorse — 19 Nov 2014

This movie is shameful. There are horribly offensive stereotypes (the Muslim father, both the Chinese student and his father, the single black student who says anything). Every single character who believes in God is represented as caring, intelligent, level-headed but still passionate, whereas every other character is an idiot, or cruel, or hateful. The atheist professor's entire character and arc is a mockery that, as an atheist I am offended by. Most of the favorable reviews make claim of brain food and that this movie is though provoking, but all, and I mean every single argument Josh presents is flat out illogical. Not only that, but the professors inability to answer some of the worst arguments for God I've ever heard (and there are good ones) renders me speechless. Honestly there were points during which I considered this may actually be an atheist propaganda film, the idea being that a film so horrid in defense of God would only have negative backspin. Even from a purely film-based standpoint, the actor is bad, the writing is atrocious, the plot is all over the place. There are scenes so bad I think of Tommy Wiseau's "The Room". This movie is half so-bad-its-funny and half frothing-rage inducing. Mike McCahill of the Guardian put it aptly: Ban this sick filth.

TL:DR - It is NOT okay that this movie has been made, and it is NOT okay that there are people praising it.