Tacticalin An absolute waste of money

Orla Zuniga It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

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.

Delight Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

Sebastián Ãlvarez This is a terrible movie, don't try to watch it! The IMDb's rating is because most of the critics are religious people... nothing against religions, but the plot is flat and predictable... the characters are poor, the actors are worse. The story is about an idiot that changes to good while becoming a Christian... in real life you don't need to do that, you just need to think a little bit... or go to therapy!You may see lots of critics saying this is a good film for teens and parents... FALSE! They are just trying to convert you! I recommend you to seat and talk to your children for a while instead of wasting 120 valuable minutes of your and their time with this title.

jlinkels If you ever have to define the meaning of "cheesy" refer to this movie. It isn't necessarily that bad, it is just overdone. It is a bit too much of everything. Too many problems, too much good behavior, too much sincerity, too much caring for one another, too much "hi it's so great to have you here", too many good intentions. to much working to a good future.For one thing, for a Christian movie it was not bad at all. In some Christian movies, Jesus is pushed down your throat every five minutes, and then again and again and again. This movies is how Christ can help you if you want to accept it. Very much like Fireproof and Flywheel.It is not Christianity that makes this movie over the top. It is the movie itself which is just overdone in every aspect. Don't expect a great movie. Do expect some interesting views into American high school life and how Christians try to conquer people's souls.

Wes Widner As a rule I tend to avoid explicitly Christian films like Facing the Giants, Flywheel, Fireproof, and To Save a Life. However every now and then I make an exception to that rule. Most of the time I am merely reminded why I maintain the self-inflicted rule in the first place, but every now and then I run across a movie like To Save A Life and it makes up for all the rest. Well, at least it reminds me why I make the occasional exception. The movie begins with the funeral of Roger, a kid with no friends and no hope. One of the 31,000 teenage suicides that happen in the US each year. At the funeral is Roger's former best friend, Jake. Jake and Roger grew up together but in high school, Jake decided to ditch Roger in order to become more popular. Jake and Roger are broken, and through the course of the movie we come face to face with the frank brokenness of many characters. And this is where the rest of the story unfolds. Tracing lines of brokenness with the looming question of whether anything is capable of making a real, lasting difference. The raw honesty in this movie is refreshing. Its not like the marital fight scene in Fireproof where nary a curse word is to be heard. No. In To Save A Life, the imperfections and frailty of the main characters hit you like a 2x4 between the eyes. Through Jake's perspective we encounter a number of issues including; teen suicide, peer pressure, drugs, drinking, sex, pregnancy, divorce, betrayal, and even cutting. And unlike many movies where the main character undergoes a mostly linear character progression, Jake regresses during the film. Showing us that a mended heart can break itself again. Overall we are introduced to the notion that brokenness is best dealt with in community. But not just any community. Along with various types of characters we are shown varying types of communities. There are the drug addicts, the popular crowd, the outcasts, the youth group, and the Christians. I particularly enjoyed how the movie dealt with the difference between the youth group and the Christians, those performing religious observance and those seeking a genuine relationship with a living God. And even through the youth minister's advice and dialog annoyed me at some points. Overall he proved to be a solid character with a love for those he serves and a desire to see them grow and mature. This is one of those films that should be shown to every teen and pre- teen in America.

Jokers-Knight-Out I've read degrading reviews of this movie, calling it "propaganda", in relation to how it's Christian. Whoo-de-doo. I've seen Christian movies that weren't worth the budget money, let alone making. This isn't one of them. It's independently filmed by a ministry, it has heavy themes of hope, but not of religion, as one of the characters says. It shows how teens are today, argumentative, backstabbing, hard-partying, even some hypocritical religious people. But it also shows people willing to help others in spite of their faults (or, rather, because of them). You have your popular kids and your "losers" that have social awkwardness and people tricking them into humiliating situations, and shows aftermaths of the effects. A person committing suicide and shows why he did it in the first place and the aftermath effect that has on someone else to make a difference. It may be propaganda to some, but it seems like a milestone in thought-provoking Christian movie-making to people like me. Flawed, like the characters, but impacting, like its characters.