This is a very emotional movie about a man deeply tormented over the death of his daughter and the wreckage to his guilt-ridden family. At times, I wept. I've heard some holy rollers howling in outrage about Octavia Spencer playing the role of God, but I took no issue with that. After all, without a physical presence, I suppose God can choose to present as anything, so no big. Besides, Ms. Spencer is a talented actress and I like her.
My issue with the movie, my dislike of it, is that it's really a long and rambling apologist movie that attempts to gloss over deific indifference by saying God loves us (they really shove that up the viewers' collective nose) ad infinitum and ad nauseum. But trying to tell a loving father he has no right to his anger over the murder of his daughter? Uh, no, not so much. Again, this movie was lost on me, a complete fail.
My issue with the movie, my dislike of it, is that it's really a long and rambling apologist movie that attempts to gloss over deific indifference by saying God loves us (they really shove that up the viewers' collective nose) ad infinitum and ad nauseum. But trying to tell a loving father he has no right to his anger over the murder of his daughter? Uh, no, not so much. Again, this movie was lost on me, a complete fail.