I really wanted to like this movie, but it was so unbelievable. First off, the two "high school" boys are in their mid-twenties--even too old to be college students. The girlfriend is even older--late twenties. Supposed to be dating a high school student? Creepy. Then you have two high school students living alone together in a decrepit, remotely-located house with no adult supervision--no one to clean or cook or earn money for them. Nobody seems to think this is any kind of big deal--just tough luck. Church doesn't help out. Didn't anyone ever watch "The Blind Side?" The "boys" never go to school or do any homework, never do laundry, never cook, never shop--even so their clothes are always trendy and clean, they are fed, they have a car--so weird. They have no friends (except the creepy, immature nurse), One brother regularly has seizures, but drives anyway--no way he could have a license. THEN there is the bane of Christian movies--way too many terrible crises at once. Sorry. You can have a deadbeat alchoholic father OR have the star football quarterback sustain a career-ending injury, OR have the mom die young of cancer, OR have the brothers have to survive on their own, OR have one of the brothers die unexpectedly (why didn't they transfer him to a major medical center???)--but not all at once. And then the death is treated so lightly--everybody kinda smiles it off. The Christian message was too pat and fluffy. And there is more--like how did the kid who didn't qualify for the state track meet get to run anyway? Why did the star character's personality keep changing? Sigh. Wish I had skipped this one. Really bummed me out.
Review of Run the Race
