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"The future of religious freedom in our country" is the endless war-cry from Xtians who have decided that the USA is aTHEIR country, and that (a) there should be no separation of Church and State, (b) God actually exists, (c) it's our (i.e. Xtian) god, not some other deity, (d) making films with mostly erroneously-represented court cases in the end credits give credence to the persecution complex. Seriously: take the time to check the "evidence" to look up and READ through the actual court cases in the credits, and you will see that the persecution isn't there. Oh, but the film producers want you to believe that this is evidence of oppression. And that's the history of all religions: scant evidence if any, indignation leading to feelings of oppression, a declaration to take back something which was God-promised, and creating a them-vs-us scenario. What shameful trickery and deceit these film makers and actors are producing.

The genre of this movie can be most accurately described as somewhere between dystopian and propaganda. The persecution complex is on full display, as is par for the course for the series. Essentially, this film is a scheme to generate as much money as possible by slapping the name of a franchise on a nearly unrelated film (which is hilarious, because do the filmmakers seriously think that this movie is gonna make any money?) This movie is just barely, and I mean only the slightest bit about Christianity. On the whole, the franchise should've just stopped with one movie.

TL:DR: If you want a movie that is easy to forget, you will like it. If you want a movie that respectfully and philosophically discusses Christianity, religion in general and provides any intelligent and thoughtful perspectives, move on. Go and watch "Life of Pi", this is a movie that feels very respectful, interesting, critical and eye opening towards believe.

I really do not hate this movie. It is as mediocre as you can imagine it. It is not bad if any aspect is analyzed on its own.

The problem is the story and the plot. There is so much unnecessary filler, that it is hard to pay attention to those aspects. I also think that some scenes where only used to provoke an emotion that has nothing to do with the movie? Very weird.

There was also very little logic to anything that was going on. Some argumentations they used for anything were straight up from... Jupiter? Very little contact to reality.

I do believe that nothing was used respectful, was research or came from a philosophical perspective. No depth, just surface level... presentation? Discussion? I do not even know what this movie was trying to go for.

I would be VERY surprised if any Christian, Atheist, Liberal of whatever people use to put them in to some kind of groups, do actually have any feelings 1 hour after watching this movie. It is that forgettable.

The story is wandering and never really pays off. Acting is pretty atrocious, directing and editing are off and allow the film to bog down and drag out the already thin as paper story even longer. It's one big mess.

This entire series is laughable, but GND4 just takes the cake for the most preachy, unrealistic, unsubtle garbage yet to come out of what was Pureflix (has a different name now, apparently). I thought they would end this series and move on after the third one-which, I will concede, showed minor improvement over the first two films-didn't do well commercially, but I guess not.

The entire plot of the movie revolves around a non-issue. The government is attempting to force homeschooling Christian families to adhere to a specific curriculum or face fines; apparently it is these families and only them who are targeted, so returning character Reverend Dave resolves to take the matter to Washington to fight for Christians' rights that are supposedly under attack. Tell me, when have Christian homeschooling families ever been treated this way? No one is attempting to ban them from teaching the Bible to their children. It's not the curriculum being attacked, it's Christianity, and the film makes sure to continually drive that point home. Although all of these films wallow in a persecution fantasy, it's particularly egregious here.

The film also spews a gratuitous amount of pro America sentiment which, I noticed, is almost always spoken the loudest by people of colour/ethnic minorities. Case in point: returning character Martin Yip shows up to loudly praise America's virtues, after which he is forgotten about. His only purpose in the film is to have an immigrant vouch for how amazing the USA is.

Besides all that, the film suffered from the usual 'Christian' film issues: bad acting, bad writing, uninspired direction, the works. However, this movie stands out for just how ridiculous, unlikely and in-your-face it is. Not only is it the worst instalment in this series, I have to say it's one of the worst religious films of all time.

Hopefully the faithful will eventually start to demand more from these religious production companies so we can actually get some quality films.

"Religion is being removed from our schools," laments one of the home-school tutors in God's Not Dead 4, leading into what's meant to be one of its most devastating lines: "They're teaching our children that they don't need God". First the stork takes a backseat to flowers, bees, and whatnot, and now this?

Of course, unless you're easily manipulated by music and lugubrious line delivery, you likely won't see this as any direr than the fact that kids today go about their lives without believing in Zeus, Ra, Odin, Vishnu, Inanna, or any of the Venus figures discovered in Çatalhöyük. We're technically telling the crotch dumplings that they don't need to believe in any of these either; the lesson is that taking unverifiable hypotheses as truth (e.g the existence of deities) is unscientific at best and diagnosably insane at worst.

And I, like the rest of the observable Universe, don't give one fraction of a f-ck if you really, really FEEL one of said hypotheses to be true.

Even if I were to accept, without empirical justification, that the Christian God is the only one that exists, I won't get consistent life advice from his fan club. A few months ago, my family was visited by a friend from Croatia, who wittily remarked that religion is "basically a quantum slider between metaphor and dogma", where it depends entirely on the situation when the Bible is just a metaphor (where the implausibilities and magical BS of the text aren't to be taken literally), versus when it describes a very real event we ought to learn from and/or be awed by.

Are the God's Not Dead films aiming to be metaphorical or at least exaggerated? Honestly, they seem more like they think themselves to be documentaries on the persecution of Christians. This makes them even easier to scrutinize than a religious book, but it doesn't stop persons of faith from swallowing their lessons -- and their depictions of the opposition.

Pure Flix, the company behind the God's Not Dead series, is best known for making Christians feel at peace believing whatever they believed before the film started playing (regardless of how well it does in that pesky "facts" department) and being kind of a meme to everyone else. At their best, I admit they are emotionally stirring and, yes, rhetorically effective. But it doesn't change what they get objectively wrong at even the basic level -- The Case for Christ is one of their most moving films but it's nonetheless based on the notion that atheism has a burden of proof, as opposed to simply being the refusal of claims that fail to meet theirs.

But this was never about understanding atheists, science, objectivity, or anything else. It's about David A. R. White standing in a courtroom spouting catchy platitudes about freedom until the judges can no longer be heard over all the rapturous clapping. It's about sorrowful shots of statues resembling American historical figures, Founding Fathers, and other champions of freedom (whose notion of the word supposedly didn't extend to Muslims, atheists, LGTBQ persons, et al.). It's about the efficiency of the rhetorical devices/modes of persuasion (logos is represented only through the occasional appeals to authority, but you can bet pathos reigns supreme in a film like this), not the quality of the arguments.

Is there anything I can say in this movie's favor? Well, yes. The franchise's visuals are improving and it looks and feels like, maybe not a mainstream movie, but a decently expensive TV movie. All of this is more than I can say about 2025: The World Enslaved by a Virus. To think, even Christian cinema has standards.

Firstly, believe or don't, I don't care. You do you.

The main character just comes off as menacingly weird and phoney, the other actors are worse - if that is even possible.

The story is trite, disorganized, and overdone. It treats it's audience like idiots, spoon feeding every limping plot point.

Somehow manages to be painfully boring and super creepy at the same time.

What is mind boggling is that someone used the phrase unironically to praise this movie. The first film in this series was actually okay and a bit above average for a christian film. Yes, it had plenty of straw men and other problems but by xtian film standards it wasn't bad. Each subsequent film in this franchise has been worse than the previous one. This film has many, many, flaws. It wallows in its persecution fantasy. But the worst sin it makes is actually making the case that xtian home schooling deserves more scrutiny and regulation. The exact opposite of the point it intended to make. To really appreciate how awful this film is you need to listen to the review by the "God Awful Movies" podcast team.

What do you get when you have unrealistic characters, situations and writers that don't hang out in the world around them? You get this movie.

This movie is nothing more than a pack of lies. Sure, they give good reasons why people would want to home school their kids, but they don't even explore them. They simply pay lip service to it

This, like their last three so called 'movies' WOULD NEVER HAPPEN

But don't tell that to PURE FLIX, it'd hash their buzz.

This was just as good as the 3 before it. A great message for what's happening today. Ignore the Anti-American Anti-GOD individuals leaving bad reviews trying to get people to not watch. Watch and decide for yourself.

One of the worst movies I've ever seen. The acting was not convincing, the plot was contrived and unrealistic, background music behind each scene telling you how to feel was irritating, and the "look how progressive we are" pastor's rants are a slap in the face to the LGBT people who have been hurt (perhaps more than any other group) by conservative Christians like the ones in this film.

The third movie was awesome. I'm a Christian and I think love, empathy, and nuance are sorely lacking in these types of movies.

There's a movement to kill faith and all these negative reviews are just playing their sheeple role. Ignore them and watch the God is Not Dead series of films. Very well produced, top quality, with a solid message and lesson in each.

The acting is sub-par, the editing is a bit off and the story is a touch sensationalist at times, but all in all I enjoyed it. Virtually every over-the-top line by the antagonists is taken word-for-word from things Liberals frequently post or say in public. The movie is an accurate portrayal of the battle going on today. It would have been nice if they'd included mention of the HSLDA, since they are the main reason homeschooling hasn't been totally outlawed by "progressives".

And I still can't figure out why so many Atheists feel the need to down vote movies based solely on the fact that they are Christian. It's almost as if their denial needs to be reinforced with bad behavior to prevent them from looking too closely at reality.

Basically the Christan fast and furious movies tbt Story is ok, acting kills it.

Could have been good.

As somebody who works in Christan radio and has no choice but to see these.. man it felt like pure rhetoric. Honestly I compare a lot of Christian movies to the movies Hitler was putting out in the peak of his rule.

Sad. I know, too far? Well please go on YouTube and find the dubs of those movies and decide for yourself.

Every one of these movies are portraying Christians as some poor little oppressed group that is constantly targeted by some over the top Atheist who definitely has never existed. It's propaganda to get the extremely religious into some frenzied persecution complex when Christians are EASILY the least persecuted people in the country. Please, stop making this embarassing crap.

Another stupid Christian movie! God I'm sick to death of these self righteous condescending films. And yes I said "God" because surprise surprise I do believe in God. But this holier than thou pablum is embarrassing. It only proves the producers insecurities and their constant need for validation and spiritual superiority over the rest of us "poor uneducated wayward souls" These kind of movies don't elevate people, they insult them! Trust me I've seen the eye rolls and shaking heads! These kind of faith based movies are only for those that already believe. They do nothing to bring the human family together, they only further divide and separate us. This movie was just another film in a long string of faith based productions that have been a huge disappointment.

I have seen all of the movies in the series. I can see them as well done stories with a Christian slant. However, this one was not the same result. It created FAKE issue and even in strange way was supporting CRT in schools with their argument which was a very curious point. Oh and using a conservative nutbag like FOX NEWS judge to take the negative side of the view was cheap too.

They have parochial schools for that purpose. Homeschooling is a viable alternative but still needs to cover curriculum.

Oh and the music swell makes it even more fake. The BIBLE is not educational literature. It is for one thing to be used in church. NOT in schools.

Applies to the whole series. Just as we see playing out in politics, these movies spout out false narratives in order to prove a point. It has become utterly scary how so many follow something so blindly.

I think I'll start a movie series called Lizards Don't Lie...

Up front, yes, I'm Christian. So why is it that ALL Christian films are so horribly made? They lack real substance and depth in narrative and character development. ALWAYS.

Why is this? Same goes for Christian music! It's confounding!

Save your time and money and just watch something else.

Most of the reviews here aren't doing this movie justice. It was almost as good as the first movie in the series (my favorite of all the God's Not Dead movies). I love how they often bring back characters from the previous movies and keep their stories going rather than starting fresh with a whole new cast. There were definitely several scenes that pulled at the heartstrings. It was clear lots of thought was put into this movie. It's just a shame that it hasn't been getting the attention it deserves. The theater near me only had it playing for two days (in the middle of the week) in a small viewing room with only 1 showtime each night. The reason this movie hasn't done well economically isn't because of lack of interest. It's lack of availability. Don't let the negative reviews fool you! This one is definitely a must-see!

I could only watch half of this film. Disgust. Mass hysteria and belief in a thing that was made for children, There is no god you know. The bible is made up and written by men thousands of years ago. King James version?

A "version" of the bible. What the heck? How can there be versions of "gods word"? Oh well. A terrible farce of a film.

I loved this movie! Wonderful reminder of history and the price paid for our liberty! So much is at stake these days. I choose to stand up for the rights and liberties afforded by God and by our Constitution.

When I came to write I review I read one about this film, really had to read it to see if we were talking about the same film! This is a follow up film, you kind of know where it is going. Forsythe always delivers, here he does again. Sure it is not going to win the Noble Prize for Cinema, but it was entertaining and the Actors did well. That's why we watch movies, to escape and be taken some where, this film succeeds on this.

The Bible can be used to teach Literature. George Washington was home schooled. Edison was home schooled. Walt Disney was home schooled. Home schooling is a state issue. Hone schooling is legal. Was Home School Legal Defense given a chance to look over script ? Does anyone know any home schoolers ? Home schoolers don't take tax dollars. There needs to be no monitoring by Feds or State. Commie Union teachers have enough innocent children to corrupt.

Thegarbagecan-65646, the God haters are not out in full force. People are seeing this movie series for the trash it is. Many Christians are finally realizing how badly written and poorly acted the majority of Pureflix content is. This one is no different from the rest. The acting is very bad, as is the editing. There are too many unnecessary up-close shots. Very little research was done on homeschooling. Social workers do not get involved with homeschooling families unless there is suspicion of abuse. Most states have few regulations with homeschooling with several having none at all. The lack of oversight has led to abuse going unchecked. The Duggars and Turpins are perfect examples of this. This movie wants people to think that any kind of oversight is tyranny. What about the non-Christian and nonreligious families homeschooling their kids? Why are they getting a free pass if they are violating homeschooling regulations? It is obvious this movie is a persecution fantasy. It paints Christians as perfect angels and non-Christians as devils like the first two do. There are a number of unrealistic scenes. The scene where Pastor Dave starts yelling in the court would get anyone held in contempt and risk imprisonment. It's like he got a free pass because he was Christian. The God's Not Dead film series is not massively successful, except in your mind. It has barely made ninety million dollars at the box office. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie made slightly more at the box office than the first one did. It has much better acting, writing, and characterization. It is full of fun and adventure. Those two things are what audiences want, not boring sermons of which these movies are.