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The Redemption (2000)
Sure, but who can save the movie?
A couple of months ago I saw the premiere of the Redemption here in Bloomington Indiana and I left the theater wanting. The story is nothing new, a homeless man (played by local Steve Withem, who also wrote the screenplay) embarks on an adventure from the word of a priest to prove his character by donating the guaranteed winnings of a lottery ticket to a local charity. Of course this brings him into contact with an embarrassing collection of characters who are cut and then pasted from other, and more successful screenplays. But it takes another turn for the worst, with the addition of the criminal element, a robber, who somehow knows Withem has the ticket (good memory!) and sets off to retrieve it. The laughably upbeat ending leaves everyone smiling but the audience, who knows it takes more than dedication to make a good movie it takes talent and originality (Steve Withem who has no background in film saw a movie in the theater and thought, gee I could make one of those, but fails). Bad acting, poor characters, and a flawed screenplay prohibited this movie from achieving anything worthwhile.