Brittany Snow does a great job. She is not one of those nearly perfect Christians you would expect in a movie like this. In fact, there is doubt as to whether she is a Christian at all, for most of the movie. And there's nothing goody-goody about her, if you're concerned about that. Certainly not the sweet girl I remember from another role where she danced on "American Bandstand". She's just enough of a bad girl to attract those who would stay away from a sweet Hallmark type film.
William H. Macy is always good. This isn't one of his best roles, but he does a better job when Bill is serious.
Glenne Headly also does a good job as a woman who may possibly be disturbed. On the other hand, her character seems perfectly fine and a loving mother in other scenes.
The one other standout actor would be Kate Flannery as Cora's best work friend, who has some challenges of her own. Even she has to be cleaned up for TV!
People who would be scared away by perky goody-goody Christians might still not like the other workers. Although one of the worst offenders gets mad once and says, "What're YOU looking at?'
One expectation one might have in a movie like this is Christian music. What most Christian radio stations play. and what might be standard in a movie like this, I can't stand. But this movie has numerous Christian songs that are actually good! Fans of today's music will find this music hopelessly outdated. I wish the group had been identified on "Over My Head" because they were really talented. There's only one song (at least of the Christian songs, and I'm not even sure that's what that is) that has that type of quality, and I find that one annoying. There are other pop and rock songs I don't care for but Cora has most of those on in her car, and another is playing in the flashback that appears to precede Cora's offense. Also, the workers are dancing in one scene to something I don't like, but I couldn't tell whether it was Christian.
There are a couple of nice scenes with snow out in the country.
By the end, there appears to be a message of redemption that would make this a Christian movie teaching Christian values. Before that, even cleaned up for TV, it's not exactly family-friendly.
I do wonder why a bad boy drives a Camry. Isn't that about the most boring car you can drive?
It's still worth seeing if you can deal with the way the message is delivered.
William H. Macy is always good. This isn't one of his best roles, but he does a better job when Bill is serious.
Glenne Headly also does a good job as a woman who may possibly be disturbed. On the other hand, her character seems perfectly fine and a loving mother in other scenes.
The one other standout actor would be Kate Flannery as Cora's best work friend, who has some challenges of her own. Even she has to be cleaned up for TV!
People who would be scared away by perky goody-goody Christians might still not like the other workers. Although one of the worst offenders gets mad once and says, "What're YOU looking at?'
One expectation one might have in a movie like this is Christian music. What most Christian radio stations play. and what might be standard in a movie like this, I can't stand. But this movie has numerous Christian songs that are actually good! Fans of today's music will find this music hopelessly outdated. I wish the group had been identified on "Over My Head" because they were really talented. There's only one song (at least of the Christian songs, and I'm not even sure that's what that is) that has that type of quality, and I find that one annoying. There are other pop and rock songs I don't care for but Cora has most of those on in her car, and another is playing in the flashback that appears to precede Cora's offense. Also, the workers are dancing in one scene to something I don't like, but I couldn't tell whether it was Christian.
There are a couple of nice scenes with snow out in the country.
By the end, there appears to be a message of redemption that would make this a Christian movie teaching Christian values. Before that, even cleaned up for TV, it's not exactly family-friendly.
I do wonder why a bad boy drives a Camry. Isn't that about the most boring car you can drive?
It's still worth seeing if you can deal with the way the message is delivered.