Christian films, eh? Dontcha just lurve them. They can get away with numerous flaws in the plot, corny dialogue and soap-opera style melodramatics... as long as they preach the word of THE LORD. All criticism is null and void as long as His message gets out... so unbelievers, repent! Unfortunately, I'm an agnostic at best, so am prepared to risk the flames of hellfire to tell you what I REALLY think of this anti-abortion propaganda cunningly disguised as a feature film. Sooo... here we go. "Flexes his fingers".Hannah is a sick, sick 19 year old. She's got epilepsy, asthma and has had numerous hip operations over the years. She's also suicidal. The latest incident to hit her is fainting during a school play. While recuperating in hospital, she finds out from a doctor her fragile body and thoughts of inadequacy can be traced back to when she was still in the womb... and her mother tried to have her terminated. The procedure didn't work, but did leave her with constant mental and physical problems. She was then adopted by decent, God-fearing (what else?) folk.Devastated by this revelation, she decides to go on a road trip to Alabama to find her real mother. Along for the ride too is her 'perfect' childhood male pal and his bitchy girlfriend, with some nondescript nerds who are quickly disposed of. This Hunk she's known since her younger days... could the script be any less subtle in saying they belong together? His current squeeze is nothing more than a walking slut stereotype. We have no idea how they came to be a couple... maybe for the sake of the movie. Anyway, trying to pretend that anything else is gonna happen besides Mr Six Pack dumping the bitch and hooking up with Hannah is an insult to every thinking person out there... but get used to that feeling, cos there's plenty to go round.Twice Hannah and her posse get arrested, twice she manages to bail them out of prison time and massive fines by regaling her tearful story. In the USA? Yeah, right. Another noteworthy moment is where her and The Hunk hire a hotel room for the night... they have the most trivial of squabbles... whereupon she walks out, followed by her future beau... and they spend the rest of the evening curled up on a sofa in the foyer. Why? We don't know. And if they could do that in the first place, why bother paying for a room? Dumb, dumb, dumb. A convenient occurrence is also when she takes a dip in the ocean, fully-clothed (This is a Christian film, remember?) and ruins the phone in her back pocket. This is so no-one can contact her later on. Either these people are thick, or the hack writers are using any ends to justify the means. Probably a bit of both.Oh, and what with this being a RELIGIOUS movie, we have to have the obligatory scene in an empty church just before closing time, where the priest sits with a tearful Hannah on a pew and gives the most banal advice about 'trusting in God', the solution to all life's hurdles. Yeah, right... He didn't help me the other day when I couldn't find the last piece of my jigsaw. More evidence of their not-so-secret agenda can be found in the underlying moral that YOU SHOULD FORGIVE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES and Hannah, despite being 19, still being under the thumb of her father... because ya know, patriarchy rules. There's even a bit near the end when Hunky asks his permission if he can date his daughter. Dude... the 19th century called... they want their ideology back.Aside from all the stupidity and dogma throughout, it's just a badly made flick. The constant presence of annoying background music is distracting to say the least, and if I never see one more shot of a gently lapping ocean again during an 'emotional' moment... I'll be a very happy bunny. The actors do what they can with their limited roles, but it's to be hoped they can move on from doctrine infested tosh like this and star in a production where they can spread their wings... and not act as mouthpieces to a fundamentalist's cause. 3/10

I expected this to be your usual block of Christian movie cheese but was pleasantly surprised. Not 10 stars worth but a solid 7. The production values were quite good for a genre that usually looks like your cousin made it with his video camera using a script he wrote and friends from church as actors with maybe a Christian celeb thrown in.The road trip didn't come off well--worst hotel ever? Obviously those kids hadn't left town before. And they didn't seem like real kids, like the writers didn't know what real kids are like. Maybe like they only ever saw photos of college age kids.The sound track drove me bonkers--even though I've listened to my share of CCM, those days are over and those songs and the way they all sound the same are the reason why.The acting is pretty solid, despite a sometimes weak script--as when Hannah runs away from the group. Well, that scene was kind of meh all around.The message wasn't ham-handed, I didn't think. And I thought it was fair to all sides of the abortion issue. Others might not think so, but... I was happy not to be preached at. Some deeper character development from the writers or actors would have really pushed this movie ahead. But I've seen much worse.The depth of the topic held the film together. The most powerful scenes I think were the nurse telling Hannah the story of her birth and Cindy facing that moment of her life alone in her office. As a Christian, I always hope a movie made by Christians will be better than most, and mostly that is not true. October Baby, however, was quite satisfying to experience.

This movie is well made, well acted, and has heart...Unfortunately, it is SLOOOWWW PACED and rather predictable. A teen girl finds out that she's adopted. She goes on a road trip to find her birth mother. When something is actually happening that matters, the movie is entertaining. Unfortunately, the movie is inundated with spans of quiet...For example, early on there is a scene in a library where we have 8 seconds of a young man walking up the stairs and then joining his friend at a table... That 8 seconds might not seem like a big deal, but multiply the movie is riddled with those 'empty spaces.' I think if the director removed those 'empty spaces' the movie would have a good pace.Now, to be clear, it is ultimately a heart-warming and touching film. If you have patience, you'll likely enjoy the movie.

This movie was the funniest movie i have ever seen. Me and my friends laughed hysterically throughout our senior retreat. If it was supposed to be a comedy then a 10/10. Since its supposed to be drama 1/10. The acting was terrible. There were so many twists. I could of made a better movie with my ass. Thats impressive. Hannah and her mongoloid twin and their father the priest. Jason the secretly gay real brother. We wished the movie turned into a Kill Bill style revenge flick. Also a better ending would of been Hannah in the car and then a one armed Monogoloid attacking the car screaming I'm JOHNATHAN. Otherwise it was a good movie.