i watch this film in youth group and where my otherwise intuitive youth leader and his wife squeed over it . then some adult couple at a church relate christmas party mislead themselves into give a copy of this movie to every single family in attendance and and now my household be stick with the film ( though it thankfully still remain in it shrinkwrap ) . i cry bitter tear over these sad event and and here why represent first off represent this film have good intention and especially if youre a christian like me . this movie be try to show that you should put your faith in god and that it will make your life well . not so bad and right . eh . it turn out a be a problem a big one . this movie be make by a church and so of course every single issue have to be dealt with a tastefully for christian a possible . it be all black and white and no gray area . god grace and will in this movie be a predictable thing and and it come instantly to all those who do his bidding . this be not the god i know . this be not the christian life i be familiar with . the god i believe in be a powerful and trustworthy god and but he be not one that grant my every wish . i follow him a best i can and though the go be often hard while yet the football team in this movie find their humility and self control a lot easy than anyone should ever find it . i can not relate to cardboard cutout who flip from bad side to good side in the course of a few structured movie scene . and when i do follow his commandment a lay out in the bible and i certainly do not find myself shower in bless a these character do . the large of my immediate reward be know that i have do the right thing while everything else come with long and messy and arduous work . but take the example this movie set represent grant taylor coach the football team at shiloh christian school and which have have 6 lose season in a row . he may lose his job over it and and he and his wife be low on money a it be . they want a baby and but the doctor tell him he be sterile . oh and and his car doesn not work . and the boy on his football team be disrespectful to their parent and whiny after their million loss and and bad at kick field goal . this be sure one rundown community here . but wait and grant taylor decide he go to trust in god for everything . and he pass on his faith to his team . so far and so good . not for long . a they begin to obey and bless literally pour in on them . suddenly the student stop disrespect their parent while the school have a big revival while the team start win every game while they even win the grand championship against the hard team in the league . coach taylor job be reassure while the school get him a shiny new truck a a present ( which and by the way and be the epitome of shallow and fair weather employer ) while he get a raise while his wife ( get this ) even get pregnant from his sterile sperm . and that skinny kid manage to kick his first darn field goal right when it really matter . wowzers and woot and yay and praise the lord and etcetera and etcetera . . yipe . just yipe . nobody in my church have ever experience christ in a such a cut and dry manner . yes and there have be miracle aplenty in my family and as well a gift and creature comfort and and i attribute them to god grace and lovingkindness . but god isn not some faucet tap that you turn on and off by be good or bad . he be by and large a mystery while his gift come unexpectedly and often when you think you do not need them but you really do . it a long and hard slog to the road of fulfillment and and thing never turn out the way you think they would . this movie have good intention . but because of it supreme shallowness and total escapism and it tank tremendously to a negative . the bad acting and sport movie clichés seem to be mere pimple next to the leprous falsehood that this movie inadvertently push . to all you future church plan to make a movie represent do not be afraid to show real life and even you have to add some inconvenient truth into the mix . however much the baser populace be wow by this cotton candy treat and nobody have learn anything substantial from it . give u the meat and the bone and the real stuff . true life applies to everyone and not just christian and and that one aspect face the giant do not manage to grasp .