Review of To Save a Life (2009) by Bro Paul J — 02 Feb 2010
The Christian genre, while giving us mediocre to bad films like "Left Behind," "Fireproof," and "Extreme Days," will never be the same after "To Save a Life." Though its hardly Oscar caliber (watch the trailer, but with "Blind Side" who knows?), it is a solid, well-produced youth group primed PSA (it was financed by a church for their youth group and a year later promoted to Christian audiences).
The emotionally charged film captures the complexity of Christian youth living in a world of sex, alcohol, weed, suicide, abortion that doesn't water down the reality, but amps up the relevance (and uses that PG-13 rating).
Jake Taylor (an Owen Wilson doogleapper) makes his high school a better place. And never has there been a Christian film that preaches to Christians about judging non-believers and not branching out of the youth group.
A special movie worth seeing for its niche audience.
This review of To Save a Life (2009) was written by Bro Paul J on 02 Feb 2010.
To Save a Life has generally received mixed reviews.
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