Believe

2016

Drama

2
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 33% · 6 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 69% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.1/10 10 513 513

christmas christian film

Director

Billy Dickson Photo
Billy Dickson

Top cast

Issac Ryan Brown Photo
Issac Ryan Brown as Clarence CJ
David Schifter Photo
David Schifter as Wendell
Shawnee Smith Photo
Shawnee Smith as Dr. Nancy Wells
Joey Naber Photo
Joey Naber as Nick
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
1.08 GB
1280*534
English 2.0
PG
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 59 min
Seeds 3
2.21 GB
1920*800
English 5.1
PG
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 59 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by rugle1 6 / 10

Hard to take

The kid was a little tough to take; was tempted to fast-forward through the scenes, he was on the screen.
Reviewed by redleader55 3 / 10

Uneven script, unrealized plot, unbelievable characters

I'm not motivated to review many movies, but here a good premise frustrated and disappointed me. I wanted to like this movie, but in the end it was undone by an uneven script, unrealized plot, and unbelievable characters. I even like Christian movies when done well, but unlike other reviewers I don't believe that factor alone merits a blind 10 stars.The film begins with a confusing flash-forward, necessary apparently to get you to develop sympathy for the protagonist. He is a poor business owner who, like Job, is saddled with one adversity after another. You're sympathetic for him at first, but he's appears hapless and directionless for 90% of the movie.He befriends a woman whose son seems to have ADHD on overdrive, so energetic as to be irritating and a distraction. For some reason he's attracted to this kid and his mother, although there is about 2% on-screen chemistry between them.I kept waiting for this movie to realize it's potential. For example, there's a bar scene where the conspirators' scheming is obviously overheard by an individual nearby, but nothing comes of it. You think the new woman friend with her accounting skills will unwind the plot against him. But she mysteriously can't find anything wrong. The mayor talks conspiratoratorily with an antagonist, but you're never sure which side he is on. The protagonist captures some thugs on his phone outside a bar walking, which proves... what? Job - I mean the factory owner - gets hold of a bunch of random transactions, which are evidence of something nefarious, but never revealed.The director could have done a much better job with the script.
Reviewed by DonandLiG 5 / 10

Wonderful motive, Woeful premise.

It seems Matthew's family left a trust fund to pay for a annual Christmas pageant. He also owns a financially struggling manufacturing business. The trust fund had expended all the money for the Christmas pageants so Matt goes to the town council meeting to explain the dilemma. The mayor and town council blame him for the fund being exhausted. Apparently, they think it's Matt's responsibility to harvest a magical money tree to replenish the trust fund. As his business is unable to afford to keep all his employees on full time pay, they go on strike, apparently assuming the union can sustain strike pay. The details are in the movie.
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