Review of God's Not Dead (2014) by Jessica P — 31 Jan 2017

First of all, I would like to point out that I am a Christian. I love great movies with some quality and effort. I don't just like big budget action films. I love to watch smaller movies with a purpose. I believe, you don't always need a big budget to make a great movie. You don't always need a famous director or actor attached to it to make it great. It's all about the script.

Honestly, you could have the best actor in the world deliver these lines, and it would still sound atrocious. It would be just as cringeworthy.

The writing in this movie is insufferably cheesy and stupid. It has no depth or real meaning to it. This is one of the many problems with this movie.

The characters, if there are any real characters, are shallow and have no character development. They are just random tools used to deliver a message.

Aside from terrible writing, awful "characters", and a heavy handed message, we have another big problem.

Literally everyone in the movie who is not a believer, is made into someone who is completely heartless, disgusting, evil, out to get Christians, and lifeless. They make it look like they care about no one but themselves and are self-centered jerks.

The other glaring error in this movie is the many MANY subplots and added "characters" that were so unnecessary to the movie, it felt like they just added them in to make a mainstream movie. They had no purpose or depth to them. They were incredibly wooden and boring and pointless.

Many defend movies like this, saying, "it has a good message", "it supports my beliefs and Christian values", it's better that the trash Hollywood releases in theaters every year", etc, etc, etc!

I have read several comments pointing out the many flaws of this movie, but giving it 5 stars because "it has a good message."Completely forgetting what makes a good movie in the first place!

Many have also said that the critics hate God, just because they don't like the movie. That is absolutely ridiculous! It doesn't seem to matter what anyone says to people like this, they will even go as far to saying it is "persecution". What kind of world are we living in! Thinking that you personally, are being persecuted, just because someone doesn't like the same Christian movie you like?

It's truly amazing what lengths people will go to get attention or money. Never see this film. Do not waste 2 hours of you life watch garbage like this. It's not worth your money or time.