Reviews

If you're expecting a cheaply made, corny Christian movie with bad acting and an unrealistic plot line, then this is the movie for you. Josh Wheaton is attending University and takes a Philosophy class with Professor Radisson, who is supposed to be an Atheist. (We later find out he's just a Christian who's mad at God.) Radisson forces the students in his class to write down the sentence, "God is Dead," and sign it for an assignment. (Totally realistic, right?) Josh refuses because he's a Christian (and apparently no one else out of a class of forty-fifty other students is a Christian.) Radisson tells Josh that he either writes the sentence or tries to prove the existence of God during class. Well, he chooses to try to prove that God is real and I guess ends up winning the debate since his professor got hit by a car and was killed. Between all this happening, Josh's girlfriend breaks up with him (I still have yet to understand the reason as to why) and there are multiple subplots in between that really shouldn't have been there. There's the liberal journalist who has an "I love evolution" sticker on the back of her car. (Really? Really?) Who gets diagnosed with cancer later on in the movie. A sociopathic businessman who is probably the biggest jerk on the planet. (Also implied to be an Atheist) A Muslim girl who is abused and thrown out of her house for listening to the Bible on her iPod, the Christian girlfriend of Professor Radisson who has to stand up to her boyfriend's harassment while taking care of her mother with Dementia. (The girlfriend is also the sister of the businessman). Personally, the movie would have been better with the subplots if the filmmakers actually ended them with the main plot. You never know what happens to the journalist with cancer, or the businessman. You never know if the Muslim girl ever gets to go home or not, and you never know how the students or the girlfriend react to Radisson's death. The movie ends with nearly all the main characters at a concert for a Christian band, who sings a song with the same title as the movie, then that's it. I'm giving it a 4 rating total and I feel like I'm being to generous for doing that. It's mostly for the effort. If you're the type of Christian that doesn't believe in Evolution, believes in the Muslim stereotype, and that Atheists are just upset at God, then you might like this movie. If you aren't that type of Christian, then you'll probably just end up being offended and I recommend you save your money and go see a worthwhile Christian movie that doesn't try to press stereotypes.