I happened across this film while looking through Amazon Prime movies to stream. I was impressed that so many reviewers gave this movie raves - and I had never heard of it. It was released straight to DVD.Whatever the criticism of the film, the production values are fine. It's not a glossy expensive production but the acting is good and the story is clear and well-told. It's not terrifically clever and the dialogue doesn't sparkle.That's the Bad.The Good is what so many amazon reviewers stressed about this movie: it is not an honest portrayal of one little-known aspect of the military family's life, it is not a peek into the seedier sexier side of the wife left behind when her husband is deployed, it is not a display of the hidden rage felt by the members of a family when they react to hard knocks. In short: it's not 'modern' enough to grab the attention of critics. Instead, it somehow has captured and delivered a portrait of feelings, which is what people want to see, need to see. That can be done simply. That doesn't have to be graphic scenes. The music may not be to your tastes, the Christian cast may not be to your taste, there may be many things in this story that you find boring - financial stress, for example. It's well worth watching. It's not eye candy and it's not great literature on the script page, it's story-telling.

This movie has a target: the Fox watching, ghost-believing conservative American. Unless you are not in their target market, be ready for over an hour of awful acting, predictable plot with sprinkles of American Idol, Reuben Studdard included. All the stereotypes are there, from the pastor jump-starting the career of the little Christian boy to the ghost of the kid's dad in fatigues, with the three judges including the rude one, the comedian (a rip-off, quieter version of Larry the cable guy) and the one in the middle. The reason why I grade it a 2 and not a 1? No Kirk Cameron or Kirk Cameron nonsense. There are better ghost/feel good movies out there, much worst movies as well, but unless you are hoping for a movie like that, you will be sorely disappointed for that waste of time.

This movie is the most broken and predictable film i have ever seen. At the beginning, i admit i was intrigued by the plot of the Mothers drug problems but then that plot gets thrown out the window like a sack of BREADWHEAT. And thats basically what happens with all the somewhat decent plots in this movie. What happened to Uriah's bully problems? Apparently it doesn't matter. None of these sub plots really have any affect on the main plot that is randomly thrown into the fray like a sack of BREADWHEAT. Yeah, the main plot is just randomly put in. Its a pathetic introduction of the main plot. He picks up a flier and is like 'o man i can do dis' and then thats it. Thats how its introduced. And all of this is made worse by the most PREDICTABLE and AWFUL plot twist i saw miles away. The acting is as cringey as that person who would sing in front of your class in high school. None of the acting is believable. Its bloody awful. Especially the pastor character and Uriah's character. Everyone says this movie is sad, and genuine. Its not. Never watch it. The music sucks.

This is a movie that has one of the most compelling stories i've ever seen. It deals with so many topics and issues and yet its not too broad either. I was amazed at the entertaining story, great soundtrack, good acting, and overall quality of the film. The story is really where this film hits home though. Covering an array of different topics and issues while not being one bit too broad or preachy this movie is a film worth watching. Though not everything is "perfect" this movies quality and heartfelt story makes it almost impossible not to pass up anything that would give it a low rating. Watch it you'll be amazed. **id also like to note how happy I was that this good of a movie was so "clean" of "questionable content.**