Review of Overcomer (2019) by Compi24 — 10 Sep 2019

There was nothing else out at my theater that I hadn't already seen.

Let's talk about faith-based movies (Any kind of faith -- doesn't matter which). Do they have a right to exist? Absolutely. And as an avowed aesthetic relativist, I believe they're allowed to exist in whatever manner they'd like to. However, by that same token, that doesn't mean I have to like any of them. For me, the best movies that have anything to do with faith, end up either discussing it at a rather oblique angle or without a ton of specificity/esotericism (ala "The Book Of Eli" and "The Green Mile," respectively). This is not that kind of movie.

I'll say this -- there's at least a lot of passion behind "Overcomer." However, none of it is intended for me or anyone like me. And it's honestly not as if I'm in any sort of cinematic minority here. It's a film crafted for a select, presumably small cluster of people; a class that I'm just not a part of. And that's fine. As long as it's fine that I say, in turn, that I feel this simply doesn't work. It's unfocused, overly earnest, sparsely well-acted, and almost chillingly out of touch. Again, if you enjoy on-the-nose entertainment like this, that's fine. I just don't. Simple as that.