A well-mannered, Christian teen is worried that his religious beliefs and his witnessing to his peers, is making him seem totally uncool.
Just how uncool is this young man? Well, he is not invited to the cool parties, is mocked on a daily basis by a jock, and has no hope of getting a cool girl to like him. Yikes! Life was tough for white, suburban teens in the early 1990s.
Anyway, God is a bit annoyed at this teens "first world" complaints, and decides to teach him a lesson. He puts our hero in an alternate reality, where, brace yourself, he...never...became...a...Christian.
His lack of faith in the Gospel caused his parents to divorce, his best friend (probably a closet case) to commit suicide, his favorite teacher to lose his teaching career, and, yes, his kid sister was never born (so, God aborted her?)
Without Christianity, our young hero finds out that he bought a car (with gambling proceeds),and is more popular with his peers, including several of the pretty girls.
The cool, teen party (actually quite tame for the early 1990s) ain't all its cracked up to be. Our hero faces a pregnancy scare (the girl was just pretending, because, um, that's what infidels do?!)
Naturally, our hero realises the error of his ways, and wakes up to find himself back in his normal, Christian fundamentalist, reality. All's well that ends well.
The film's production values show their limits often, and the film is probably most know for its goofy, catch phrases, acting talent and a script that easily lends itself to parody.
The film is basically a low budget, retelling of the "It's A Wonderful Life" premise, but made for Christian fundamentalists and their children (or grandchildren). If you like that sort of thing, then maybe you should check the film out.
Just how uncool is this young man? Well, he is not invited to the cool parties, is mocked on a daily basis by a jock, and has no hope of getting a cool girl to like him. Yikes! Life was tough for white, suburban teens in the early 1990s.
Anyway, God is a bit annoyed at this teens "first world" complaints, and decides to teach him a lesson. He puts our hero in an alternate reality, where, brace yourself, he...never...became...a...Christian.
His lack of faith in the Gospel caused his parents to divorce, his best friend (probably a closet case) to commit suicide, his favorite teacher to lose his teaching career, and, yes, his kid sister was never born (so, God aborted her?)
Without Christianity, our young hero finds out that he bought a car (with gambling proceeds),and is more popular with his peers, including several of the pretty girls.
The cool, teen party (actually quite tame for the early 1990s) ain't all its cracked up to be. Our hero faces a pregnancy scare (the girl was just pretending, because, um, that's what infidels do?!)
Naturally, our hero realises the error of his ways, and wakes up to find himself back in his normal, Christian fundamentalist, reality. All's well that ends well.
The film's production values show their limits often, and the film is probably most know for its goofy, catch phrases, acting talent and a script that easily lends itself to parody.
The film is basically a low budget, retelling of the "It's A Wonderful Life" premise, but made for Christian fundamentalists and their children (or grandchildren). If you like that sort of thing, then maybe you should check the film out.