The movie is bad


I rented this cause it sounded like an interesting idea. Now, I'm not bashing the movie because it's a Christian movie. I'm basing it on the writing. It's a poorly written movie. Johnny borrows ten grand from a drug dealer to make an album. Now the album seems to be going poorly. But we never find out what happens with that? Did the album get released? Also I'm sorry, but he's back in the same town. The drug deal would kill him. He's a janitor, so he's not going to have the money to pay him back. So they would kill him. Also I understand why the writer had him become a janitor at the end of the movie, but it's not really realistic. Johnny is supposed to be this famous singer. He could've easily gone around, talking to people about what he went through in his life and how he had it all and lost it all and how God saved him. So he'd be doing good, spreading the word and making money. Plus he can still sing, so he could make a comeback. So I just think the movie was a good idea, but poorly executed.

And I'm sorry, but the guy who played Johnny wasn't a good singer. His version of Carry On Wayward Son was horrible.

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I don't know who you are, or if this is/was a joke, but you are clueless.

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I'm with Uncle J on this one. The drug dealer thing was covered in the voice over at the end, and not only different city, he's in a different state. And in real life when rocker Mylon LeFevre got saved, he gave up music and worked as a janitor at his church even though he could have traveled, speaking, singing etc.

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Johnny borrows ten grand from a drug dealer to make an album. Now the album seems to be going poorly. But we never find out what happens with that? Did the album get released?


That is actually answered the last time we see Johnny on the payphone. The producer has apparently skipped town with Johnny's money and, likely, any tracks he made. Over the phone, Johnny learns that the locks on the office doors were changed.


It's not just The Man upstairs that you gotta get right with... it's also His Son.

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Just watched the movie last night. From a screenwriting standpoint, Cobb05 is mostly right. While the denouement of the drug money and lost singing career *were* resolved in the movie, they were resolved poorly. Characters' motivations were muddled at times. The issues Cobb05 brings up are valid and should've been clearer about those things. The biggest problem, to me, was that it committed the big screenwriting faux pas of telling instead of showing. One might blame a lower budget, but movies better than this have been made for less. The secrets of their success, pointedly enough, is good screenwriting. Now, I wouldn't call the movie flat-out "bad" so much as poor. Definitely not worth a 6.5 IMDb rating; I'd say closer to 4. Sorry you had to wait 2 years for someone to agree with ya. Hope it was worth it. ;)

Btw, I own all of Kevin Max's (the guy playing Johnny) albums but freely admit that his voice is an acquired taste.

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