15 Worst Movies Of 2015 (So Far)
11. Do You Believe?
Rotten Tomatoes: 18%
Some say it's wrong to judge a self-consciously "Christian" film by the same standards as mainstream cinema without so obviously faith-based agendas, but then why should that be the case? A good film is a good film whether it encourages you to believe in God, fairies or Santa Claus.
As evangelical films go, it's a level above the usual dross (see Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas), but as a film in traditional terms, it's very poor. Attempting to channel the same sort of spirit as Magnolia or Crash in intertwining a group of characters who are seemingly unrelated, it ends up being far more Valentine's Day than Paul Thomas Anderson.
At the end of the day, it's hard to take anything seriously that is logically hamstrung by such an openly ludicrous disdain for medical science. And therein lies the problem: for Christians, it's a drum-beating exercise in propaganda with aspirations to convert, but for everyone else, it's just stupid and as subtle as a sledge-hammer.