Do You Believe? (2015) Reviews

• Beautiful movie, bad ratings are not from Christians. Can't be.

  julaoli2015-08-16

  I trust IMDb to tell me what is worth my time to watch. I saw the bad rating on this movie, and watched it anyway. I can't see how anyone, except someone who hates Christians could rate this movie badly. It's about being people doing good, even when it's hard. What's wrong with that? It's interesting that a movie that reflects good gets a rating of 5.3, but if you have a movie about vampires, witches, werewolves, or murder from beginning to end you get outstanding ratings. I would recommend this movie to anyone who believes in the greater good, rather they believe in Christ or not.

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• Excellent movie...especially if you believe

  monika-woods2015-03-20

  Christians will get it. They will understand that the subplots, twists and turns of life are intricately woven into a careful masterpiece that we call life. When we went into the theater, I was not anticipating much. Based on other movies that do not connect multi-plots well, I decided this would be a "feel good" story that would relay a good message to the youth group I was with. Thankfully, and much to my surprise, I was wrong. The movie was seamlessly interactive. The characters were developed well enough to convey an "everyman" message, about people from all walks of life and how we can all affect one another, in a positive or negative way. The movie is not about winning an Oscar, it is about winning people over, by providing hope with inspiration for all to change for the betterment of all humanity.

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• Votes don't match the reviews

  rhhdvh2015-03-30

  I question the value of IMDb Ratings when the average rating is polarized, with a dominant percentage (43) at 10, and a significant percentage (29) at 1, with very few in between. The actual user reviews are highly favorable, with only 3 highly unfavorable. So, there are just a lot of trash voters too lazy or inarticulate to really review the movie to give their reasons, just the thumbs up or thumbs down minimal input. My wife and I decided to go see what it was all about, especially with a couple of former "A" list actors involved. The divided vote was reflected by the content's portrayal of real life; how the stories of 12 people converge one night. The perspective is of how life intertwines, good and evil, comedy and tragedy. For us it evoked a lot of emotions, as we had several parallel stores in our lives. Broken relationships, disease, death, depression, violence, the gamut of human condition that have us questioning God. Some of the characters had a common guiding principle in their lives, others only their own benefit. Still, life went on and paths crossed changing some character's opinions based on actual experiences. For us the aggressive plot moved along at a quick pace, the character development was a but sketchy because of the 12 stories, but in the end it all fit together. Lots of tears, more of joy than sadness. From our perspective it was very well done for a low budget Christian movie, obviously appealing to those who believe, and perhaps graphic and life like enough to set an example for the critics when they come to a life bridge to cross.

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• Gripping

  rhall-446802015-03-20

  From an innocuous beginning, to a climax that left me speechless, this movie did not disappoint. The many characters were all real, believable people. Kudos to Bozworth, Sorvino, and Astin for their portrayals. In Addition to them, seeing Lee Majors in this was a pleasant surprise. Cybill Shepard did a good job as his reluctant and grieving wife. As for the brothers in the poor black family, you will not be able to forget Pretty Boy and Kriminal. If you know someone who has returned from combat in the last 20 years, this has a man that even a WW2 generation can relate. Great camera work on the bridge scenes, hospital locale, and nice overhead shots of the Windy City. Worth the time and money to see!

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• If you are a Christian, you should see this movie

  seanraybuck2015-03-23

  It is unfortunate that this movie is currently getting such a low rating on IMDb because it is a quite a good movie and it isn't a fair representative of the quality. There are many Christian movies out there, some of them very low quality and low budget, often not very well made that I am fairly critical of. This is not one of those movies. I am a youth director and took 8 youth (both junior high and high school) and 3 adults to go watch the movie and every one LOVED it. There wasn't a dry eye in the place - it is touching and inspiring. Look here is the deal: there are some cheesy moments in the movie. But it is a powerful story, over all VERY well told, and has a needed message: faith without works is dead. I am giving this movie an 8/10. I thought about bumping it up because of the low rating it had been given, but as a movie critic I think this is the fair and actual rating it deserves. It is a GREAT movie (and very few movies will I give a 9 or 10). If you do not like Christianity then you will probably not like this movie. If you are a Christian, I highly recommend it!!

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