I recently bought this movie at a rental shop that was going out of business; I read the description on the back and it sounded like an interesting and original concept. It described a movie which detailed the story of a man who learns while preparing for his house to be repossessed that his dad recorded every sound that was ever made in their house and now has access to the tapes. It did NOT describe a one hour and twelve minute sermon about how we all must "surrender ourselves to God" and forgive those who have wronged us. You can guess which one I found inside the case. I am a believer in Christianity myself, I read the Bible and go to church regularly, but this is too much even for me. The pathetic screenplay, consisting nearly entirely of hackneyed and overused lines, comes across as melodramatic and corny. Admittedly, the screenplay itself is not entirely at fault for this, it is also, at least partially, the result of some of the most atrocious acting I've ever seen. For every believable line uttered there are at least ten that are completely unconvincing and incredibly awkward. The makers of this movie tried way to hard to push God into the script at every possible point, resulting in the flow of the film seeming broken and being interrupted each time you thought you were just getting into it; after each interesting revelation or memory that could be built upon we instead hear another "bible hour" sermon from the banker/childhood friend who is managing the repossession. Though the concept has potential, this is not the movie which the case would have you think it is. This is the story of a man "surrendering to Jesus", and it does an awful job of telling even that story.
Review of Between the Walls
