God's Not Dead (2014)

Directed by

Harold Cronk

Genre

drama film, Christian film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 963 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Christian college student enrolls in a philosophy class where the atheist professor requires students to declare that God is dead. The student refuses and must defend his faith in a series of debates with the professor.

confrontationalearnestdramaticmoralisticstylizedpolarizingdidacticpreachy

What happens

God's Not Dead is a 2014 American Christian drama film directed by Harold Cronk and starring Kevin Sorbo, Shane Harper, David A. R. White, and Dean Cain. Inspired by Rice Broocks' book God's Not Dead: Evidence for God in an Age of Uncertainty, the film follows a Christian college student (Harper) whose faith is challenged by an atheist philosophy professor (Sorbo), who declares God a pre-scientific fiction. The film was produced by Pure Flix Entertainment in association with Check the Gate Productions, Red Entertainment Group, and Faith Family Films, and released theatrically on March 21, 2014, by Freestyle Releasing. God's Not Dead was a commercial success, grossing over $62 million on a $2 million budget. Despite this, it was heavily panned by mainstream critics, who criticized its screenplay, Cronk's directing, performances, confrontational tone, characters, and use of straw man arguments and common stereotypes of atheists, instead of any actual debate. The film successfully spawned a film series of the same name, consisting of four sequels. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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