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mayboyd
Reviews
The Divine (2005)
God saves, apparently.
Visually stunning. Well acted. The depth of a Christian rock song. The production values and wonderful visual pictures fool you at first into thinking the film is something more. Unfortunately, it stumbles into... well, a sermon basically. Films that have "everything is OK...God loves you!" themes aren't interesting because it establishes a world without real conflict. It's fine if characters are devout, but I really don't think any film should take an obvious side...especially if it's directly related to the plot. It comes off as cheesy and preachy, just as an atheistic view would come off as closed minded and jaded. Other than that, I think the director shows a lot of promise. As I said the visuals were wonderful, and I'd be very interested to see how he handles better material.