To be fair, I'm not religious and am a former Christian. But I see a lot of movies and don't shy away from seeing movies because they are religious, if I think there's a chance it might be good or informative anyway. I saw "I can only imagine" a few years ago. And although I wasn't the biggest fan, I at least respected the movie like I would a well-made movie about a religious artist of some other religion. The story of the father and son reconciling was interesting to see. The story of their band having success after a long period of struggling was appealing as well. I also liked that the more well known artist wanted the writer to get the credit for his own song. So I hoped that "I still believe" might be similarly good. It's made by the same directing team.
Unfortunately, a lot of "I still beleive" is just bad. A lot of the dialogue is cheesy or inaccurate. The love story is annoying. It had a dumb love triangle that made me annoyed at all 3 members of the triangle. Paticularly the girl who we're supposed to be most supportive of when she later gets cancer.
The movie has instances of people treating known medical things like remission as miracles. They never thank the doctors and in one case go against the doctors suggestion. They never present any of the bad things as negative signs against god or God's kindness like they do for all of the positive moments. I like optimism. But at a certain point there needs to be some sense falsifiability in order for the belief to be reasonable.
There is a terrible song where the singer seeks to be "used by God." I found that more than a little creepy. The pacing was slow. The acting and cinematography wasn't bad. And might be mainly why I gave it 2 stars. The father character has a likable monologue near the end of the movie. But the movie really didn't cover any of the struggle of getting into the Christian music scene.
I'd recommend avoiding this one. Especially if you're thinking of paying to see it.
Unfortunately, a lot of "I still beleive" is just bad. A lot of the dialogue is cheesy or inaccurate. The love story is annoying. It had a dumb love triangle that made me annoyed at all 3 members of the triangle. Paticularly the girl who we're supposed to be most supportive of when she later gets cancer.
The movie has instances of people treating known medical things like remission as miracles. They never thank the doctors and in one case go against the doctors suggestion. They never present any of the bad things as negative signs against god or God's kindness like they do for all of the positive moments. I like optimism. But at a certain point there needs to be some sense falsifiability in order for the belief to be reasonable.
There is a terrible song where the singer seeks to be "used by God." I found that more than a little creepy. The pacing was slow. The acting and cinematography wasn't bad. And might be mainly why I gave it 2 stars. The father character has a likable monologue near the end of the movie. But the movie really didn't cover any of the struggle of getting into the Christian music scene.
I'd recommend avoiding this one. Especially if you're thinking of paying to see it.