Beautifully Broken

2018

Drama

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 92% · 5 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 92% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 485 485

based on true story

Plot summary

As three fathers fight to save their families, their lives become interwined in an unlikely journey across the globe, where they learn the healing power of forgiveness and reconciliation.

Director

Eric Welch Photo
Eric Welch

Top cast

Eric Roberts Photo
Eric Roberts as Larry Hartley
Scott William Winters Photo
Scott William Winters as Randy Hartley
John Bostic Photo
John Bostic as Brad's Counselor
Ronnie Hooks Photo
Ronnie Hooks as Jerry Hartley
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1 hr 50 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by fitforfaith-ministries 5 / 10

Somehow inspirational, but also problematic.

PROS+ Good motivation to care for the less privileged.NEUTRALo William acted very well, but the other actors were only average.O The movie is spiritually sound, but has also not really spiritual depth. The name of IESOUS CHRISTOS is not even mentioned once as far as I remember.CONSThe beginning of the movie is inadequate at best. Horrible scenes of gun violence in Rwanda are mixed with scenes of luxurious birthday parties in the US, and with scenes of a rocking Toby Mac.The movie is an adequate depiction of what many would call the white-savior-complex, others would call it social justice.This movie is hardly believable and shows how far even pastors are from being in the SPIRIT. If a pastor's daughter is being raped and overnight converts from being rather holy to evil behavior, and both her believing mother and father, who is a pastor, do not at least sense at some point during several weeks that something is wrong, then they have no connection to THEOS.Even the other believer, William does not sense in the SPIRIT that something terrible has happened and gives the worldly advice "difficult age - no clay has become beautiful without going through some fire". What words after such a horrible act. It is hardly believable that any believer could be so spiritually blind.It becomes more problematic when the parents find after some weeks her letters wherein she wrote to her friend that something terrible has happened, but the parents take no action. While I am opposed to Social Justice, it is very problematic if a movie suggests that a rape should not even be reported, that nothing should be done about it. This is truly, truly problematic and shocking.The movie centers around the First Presbyterian Church of Nashville (Calvinist). Further endorsed is 'The Outreach Foundation' which speaks in their Statement of Faith of "ecumenical creeds and the Reformed confessions".'Special thanks to Michael W. Smith' (Roman Catholic, part of the Passion Translation project).
Reviewed by Doalan 1 / 10

Be aware...

We were duped into seeing this film with the offer of free tickets. Near the beginning of the film it talked about how it was a film about three fathers who take care of their families. Sounded awfully patriarchal, but we went along with it. The whole film feels like you're sitting through Sunday school. It's a Christian film that even seeks donations at the end to aid their missionary work in Africa in the name of Jesus. If you're looking for a Chrstian film, maybe you'll like it, but we weren't!
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