Overcome

2008

Drama / Romance

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 50%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 50% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.4/10 10 360 360

tennis tennis player bullied christian film

Director

B.J. Alexander Photo
B.J. Alexander

Top cast

Caitlin E.J. Meyer Photo
Caitlin E.J. Meyer as Ashley
Aaron U. Brown Photo
Aaron U. Brown as Colton Pratt
Jaycee Lynn Photo
Jaycee Lynn as Sarah Taylor
Samuel Potts Photo
Samuel Potts as Dallen
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1 hr 24 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Justin_432 6 / 10

An Inspirational Movie about Forgiveness and Redemption

Overcome (2008) is a drama film directed by B. J. Alexander and starring Aaron Brown and Jaycee Lynn in the lead roles.It is a movie that draws inspiration from how Saul became Paul in Christian literature.The main character, Colton, is a rebellious teenager who disregards his parents' advice and the teachings of the Bible.He is a wild and irresponsible person who enjoys drinking and partying and often ridicules his peers, including Sarah.Sarah, on the other hand, is a diligent and focused young woman who wants to pursue a career in tennis.Their lives collide when Colton, drunk after a party, causes a tragic accident that injures Sarah.This triggers a series of events that lead him to seek redemption.From then on, Colton embarks on a journey of repentance and forgiveness, not only toward Sarah but also toward everyone he has wronged.The movie challenges us to reflect on our own choices and actions, and how they affect others. It also explores the moral dilemmas that we may face in life.Overall, it is a great movie for an afternoon delight!
Reviewed by sjabraham83 6 / 10

Good, but not Great

This is my very first review on this site. My wife and I are both lifelong Christians. She's also a big movie buff. Because of her abundant exposure to movies, she tends to be a bit skeptical toward the genre of Christian movies (One exception is the movie "Fireproof" -- she really liked that one). Since I'm not as picky about my movies, I have decided to go on a binge of Christian movies, in hopes of finding one or two that will impress her. Unfortunately, I don't think this one will make the cut.The positives: I loved the plot! It was a well-written story about an extremely rebellious teenager who turns it around after an encounter with God. Also, as a former HS tennis player myself, I enjoyed that part of the story as well.The negatives: I'm sorry, but I wasn't very impressed by the acting. I think the girl who played Sara did decently, but the rest really weren't that great. That being said, I understand the vast majority of the cast were amateurs.The above comment states that this was an LDS-based movie. Not that I have a problem with that, but if that's the case, I completely missed that detail while watching the movie. Anyway, I think that's all from me.
Reviewed by bkoganbing 4 / 10

Mormons have their juvenile delinquents too

I've been reviewing several films from Mormon film makers of late and for the most part I've noticed they are markedly better than the run of cinema from the evangelical churches. But in the case of Overcome this could easily have come from an evangelical denomination.A cast of complete unknowns who've not done any other work are the ensemble for Overcome. In this completely Caucasian town where I counted one black face in a minor bit young Aaron Brown has grown away from the LDS church and he's a charismatic leader of a little group of high school bullies. They even graffiti an LDS temple.Jaycee Lynn is a young girl who's a bit of a goody goody, but she's primarily focused on athletics, in her case tennis. These two know but really have no use for each other.But as fate would have it one night, Brown is in a car wreck in a car driven by another one of his crew and the person in the other car in a head on collision was Lynn. Her knee gets wrecked putting her tennis future in jeopardy. As for Brown he nearly dies on the operating table in fact is pronounced and then miraculously comes back.These things have happened and that they cause a behavioral change is understandable. There's a reference that the bishop makes to St. Paul on the road to Damascus. Well Brown doesn't become an evangelist, but he does start making amends for bad behavior, especially where Lynn is concerned.This is so typical of Christian evangelical films not what I've come to expect from the LDS. Kids who are way too white bread that you never really believe are all that bad. Usually LDS films concentrate on their people living in the world, but making their own place in it. Here this little town seems to be something unto itself without any of the problems of America creeping in.In fact it would have been more realistic from their point of view to have ended it with Brown becoming Elder Brown and going on a mission. I've learned enough to know in that world returned missionaries are a prize catch.All in all Overcome is your typical church film that I would have expected from the Baptists more than the LDS.
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