While I do appreciate what this film tried to achieve, it failed miserably because of poor expression and inaccurate portrayal. Definitely a missed opportunity and a lost potential.In simple words, the movie is very bad. The acting is terrible. The script is weak. The sound score is messy and annoying, it's all over the place. The details of which many are somewhat inaccurate. And worst of all, the film itself is a piece of misunderstood Christian propaganda, most likely by the dumbing down of Americans. I felt like this movie was an insult to Christians, Muslims, and Atheists alike. Quite ignorant, ridiculous, and naive if you ask me. Spreads confusion than light.Most of all, I did not appreciate the negative and inaccurate portrayal of Islam in this film. Typical. How about I quickly run down through a few known facts that this movie missed?~ The Head Scarf - This is one of the biggest misconceptions around the internet and western understanding. The headscarf, also known as hijab/mandeel, is NOT forced onto women of the faith, nor do their spouses or fathers have any say in the matter. Just as Jewish women and Christian Nuns wear them also, so do women of Islam, for God only, not for anyone else. It is an independent choice that the women commit to, out of love and respect to God. Any exceptions or anything contrary to this, would be solely political or cultural gain. Leave the religion(s) out of this.~ The Apostate - This is another questionable one, as it is moving backwards. For a Muslim to convert to Christianity, is as backwards as a Christian converting to Judaism. It is degrading, literally, as you go from the final build, to the previous beta, to the to the first alpha. Keep in mind that while the Torah is known for being the Old Testament, and the Gospel/Bible being the new testament, the Quran is known and considered to be the Final Testament, of the Abrahamic Faith.~ The 'Other' Religion - Though the words 'Islam' and 'Muslim' have been avoided in the film, they're strongly implied and pointed towards. Not to mention, the portrayal of this faith under a negative and ignorant perspective. Let's make something clear for those who don't know any better, shall we? In the Abrahamic Faith all the prophets of God, starting from Adam and ending with Muhammad, are considered MUSLIMS. By definition, 'ISLAM' literally translates to 'SUBMISSION.' And the word 'Muslim' literally translates to 'The Submitted' (to God that is). As such, we know from the Torah, the Bible, and the Quran that all the prophets submitted themselves to God as they all prayed to Him and were his most loyal servants and messengers.I think this will do from me, I'm sure others have a lot more to say.

Loved everything about it. It made me passionate about my beliefs again.

Just a note: I was forced to watch this, by my mother. I didn't have much of a bias toward this film, though, even if I did have to watch it. Honestly, I was almost looking forward to it a bit (we got it on DVD). "Maybe it'll be okay," I thought, "There are (several) good religious films out there, after all, it got a good review from the Dove Foundation!" Unfortunately, after a quick search, I realized that every Christian movie out there got a good review from the Dove Foundation, whether or not it was a decent film, and how I wish to live in the ignorant bliss of when I thought otherwise.So I sat down, and with a spark of anticipation in my eyes, I hoped that I wouldn't be disappointed. I was disappointed. As well as shocked.This isn't an exaggeration, even, here's a quick rundown of the characters: Our protagonist and the other Christians (except the girlfriend): Kind, compassionate human beings Muslim dad: Emotionally and physically abusive, kicks his daughter out of the house because she's listening to Christian passages. Liberalist reporter: Condescending to Christians (ironic, as the movie itself does that), arrogant and snobby (that is, until she gets cancer, as a wonderful moral, if you don't believe in god, you'll get a terminal illness and die slowly and painfully) Last and the least 3-dimensional, the Atheist professor: The villain of the story, and he's an atheist because his mom died, instead of, you know, just not believing in an almighty figure because he chose not toLet's not even discuss that the entire concept is a plot hole (Dude, read your rights, report the professor, just drop out of the class, anything but this plan that's just going to hurt you and everyone else around you- and signing your religion away is also definitely illegal, so on that level, you should have no problem, just go with the first and/or second methods. If that doesn't work in whatever universe you're living in, really, just quit the class, you're fighting an obvious straw man here.)This piece of trash depicts everyone who's not Christian as the face of evil, and that's very offensive, and just wrong.And on the same level, it's offensive to the majority of Christians, by showing that they apparently have a hate-filled agenda to others, when really, they don't at all. On the bright side, though, God's Not Dead did something truly unique- it united both the Atheists and most Christians to agree in tandem- this movie sucks.But subtleties matter- because there's a reason I said I DIDN'T have much of a bias, and MOST Christians were united on the stand that this was an awful flick. If you check out the statistics for the reviews, you'll find that while a large percent of people gave this 1 star, almost 30% gave it a 10. That's because, although there were definitely some trolls, this movie did find an audience; that's how they raked in a lot of their $70 million bucks, in fact.These are the conservatives, the incredibly strict Christians who want to feel like the victim, and want to have everyone seem like terrible people except them, and my mother's one of them.(I'm not saying they aren't good people, I'm not going to judge that. I'm a teenager, which means I'm the exact opposite demographic for this, and I don't want to attack anyone or be attacked.)I DID not have a bias against religious films, but now I do, because guess what, my mother and her friends said this was a great film, not a good one, but a GREAT film. And that's what terrifies me about this. There are people who, maybe not out of hate, believe this is the way the world is and this is the way non-Christians act. And because of this, there's an ever-growing supply of these hateful, brash films. There's a sequel of God's Not Dead, even more oblivious to real life than the first (the ending, it would be hilarious if it weren't so disturbing), and another in the making. I'm sick of these movies. I'm sick of the ignorant messages and bland pop songs and the fact that they all make a profit.Believe whatever you want to believe, I did Confirmation, I can accept that, just stop feeding the flame of these movies. Even if you are in my mom's demographic and have somehow stumbled upon this review, don't watch it. Please.

I would like to start by saying that I couldn't give less of a shit about religion. It's just not a part of my life. I don't call myself an atheist, I just don't like religion. With that out of the way, this movie is so horrifically offensive to anyone who isn't a straight, white Christian. Christian movies seem to follow the pattern of having a non-believer, or someone from a different religion. The whole point of the movie is the conversion of that person to Christianity. That's bad enough as it is, but what this movie does is so much worse. The movie paints anyone who isn't Christian as a horrible person with massive flaws in their character. And to make it even more insulting, one of the underlying messages of the movie is to let people believe what they want. So the message of the movie ends up being "It's ok to believe what you want, and shove those beliefs down people's throats, but only if you're a Christian. And if you're not a Christian you're a horrible person." I gave this movie a chance, and I went in thinking "Well I may not like the message, but it may be a well put together movie." I was so, so wrong. It has a blatant message that is insulting to the 2/3rds of people on earth who aren't Christian, and it's not even a well made movie. There's not subtlety. It relies on basic cliches and stereotypes. The quality and acting are something similar to a feature length porno.This is just a bad movie. It's technically bad, and insults the audience. This kind of propaganda is why people are becoming more and more fed up with American Christianity. I have no problems with Christians, but this kind of shit is destroying the image of all religion. Please, don't support this movie. If they keep making money, they'll just keep making more shit-shows of insulting Christian superiority.