SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

bigverybadtom Steve Martin is Jonas Nightingale, a fraudulent faith healer with an entourage and several coaches, where he travels across America to different places where he sets up tent meetings to fleece the locals of their funds. One coach breaks down, stranding them in a small town, and Jonas decides to set up his act there while waiting for the coach to be repaired. He does so, attracts a large crowd, and arouses the suspicion of the local sheriff, who investigates.A number of problems occur with the movie, though. The locals are all too willing to be taken in by Jonas, the operation is overly sophisticated with computers and everything, Jonas readily admits to the suspicious sheriff that he is only a fraud, but worst of all, Steve Martin just doesn't fit the role of a highly charismatic con man.Some reviewers were upset by the "Hollywood ending", and said it would be have been better if Jonas had sickened of crime. I find the "Hollywood ending" more credible, as most criminals, especially when riding high, do not voluntarily give up their life of crime, and those who do find a cause to push them to give it up. What more appropriate way than what happens in the movie?

SnoopyStyle Jonas Nightengale (Steve Martin) is a fake faith healer leading his traveling circus with Jane Larson (Debra Winger), Hoover (Meat Loaf), Matt (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Tiny (M.C. Gainey) and others. They use all the tricks in the book to con people of their money. One of their trucks breaks down in hard-luck desolate town of Rustwater, Kansas. Jonas decides to 'play' the town and get the girl, waitress Marva (Lolita Davidovich). The town sheriff Will Braverman (Liam Neeson) is determined to get rid of the fraud while Jane keeps flirting with him. Boyd (Lukas Haas) is Marva's cripple brother.I can see why some would downgrade this for its perceived bias against the religious. This is probably one of Steve Martin's deepest characters. There is depth in this movie and compelling characters. It's not really much of a comedy but it works well as a drama. If this was made with darkness, it could be a truly great movie. Director Richard Pearce doesn't have enough style.

Bob Davidovich Probably 1 of my top 5 movies of all time. Excellent performances by Steve Martin (his best role ever), Lolita Davidovich, and Deborah Winger.Interesting religious topic that culminates with faith and truth.A tear jerker to say the least. A must see movie that incorporates comedy, drama and romance all into one (A loaded movie genre wise).Excellent presentation of circus, silver bullet, elixir for all type of traveling show on wheels. Mockery of preacher evangelism but with a serious under story in the end that leaves the audience to dig deep into their souls.Plays out faster "than an evangelist chasing his secretary", with a profound and thought evoking ending. Bravo cast a job well done. Box office take only 23 million. Definetively a must see MOVIE that you must have missed when it came out in 1992. Comparative to: An Officer and a Gentlemen (R. Gere).bdavidovich@yahoo.com

baxrooke I am going to be writing a review on the film ' Leap Of Faith'. I thought that it was a very inspiring film that taught me a lot about religion. I think that the actors that were picked really suited their parts and the whole feel was very fluent. The things that Jonas talks about really make an impact on you. When you find out that Jonas is a fake, you realise that all his miracles were fakes, but then a young boy has a real miracle and it surprises Jonas a lot. this film really brings you in and makes you want to carry on watching. It makes you feel like you are actually in that miracle tent and you are having a miracle done to you. I really liked how the movie brings you into the story and gives you an idea on every characters personality. I didn't like that sometimes the story line can be very hard to follow. Overall I thought that this movie was very good with few faults. I would give this movie an 8/10.