Catching Faith (2015)

hyped garbage

good back-story, and good acting

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Not a terrible movie. Catching Faith presented a positive message of owning up to your choices in life, even if they are hard. It also taught the lesson of being okay with the life you lead. The issue I had with the movie was in the film making process. There were a huge amount of continuity errors, especially during the football games. Beaus friend is QB the entire game, until 40 seconds left in the championship game and all of the sudden him and Beau just disappear from the field. I get that you shot a lot of B roll but make sure the same number is on the field. Also they show a close up of the centers hand a few times with a glove on and then when they zoom out, he has no glove. Simply attention to detail and maybe a few better actors would have gone miles.

To be honest, I'm shocked that half of the reviews for "Catching Faith" are positive and glowing. This is easily one of the worst movies I have ever seen; I'm not surprised this was a straight-to-video creation by a director that clearly has no idea what he's doing. The writing is hokey and too obviously filled with Christian sentiments and teachings, the acting is painful and awkward, and there is almost no storyline. I get that they're trying to portray a strong Christian message and spread that good old word of God, but please... Let's hold the drama, shall we? This movie was unrealistic in the way that everyone behaved. While I'm sure it's mostly due to bad acting, I have seen this time and time again in Christian movies. Everything is depicted as a perfect little world where all is well and right in the world, and the worst possible issue to deal with is teen drinking. Really? Your son is eighteen and had one drink at a party, and is an otherwise good kid, and your world is falling apart because of that? These characters clearly have nothing else exciting in their lives, otherwise in any other situation, this wouldn't be a big deal. Let's stop pretending that Christians always do the right thing. By turning in their son, they're punishing him and potentially ruining his future. Trust me, there are a lot worse acts committed by Christians around the world everyday. They are some of the biggest hypocrites I know. So let's all take a deep breath, give our heads a shake, and maybe move on to more important things like... Oh I don't know, how Americans are threatening world peace or there are 3 billion starving children worldwide or perhaps inevitable climate change?Do yourselves a favor and don't watch this pathetic creation. And if you're Christian, maybe go ahead... you guys seem to have bad taste in movies.

I'm not a Christian, but I can understand that a good part of this country is. I think that Christians, however, are doing themselves a disservice with this recent rash of films they've made. Hear me out on this. The filmmakers seem to have one thing in common: none of them have studied film. The cinematography is flat, the editing is filled with jump cuts, and the dialogue seems contrived and unnatural. It seems to me that if the filmmakers would put a little more time into their work they could actually pull off something pretty awesome and a little further reaching. Unfortunately, the films seem to be shot on a shoe-string budget with only the interest of the movie studios making money off of a certain demographic. I'm OK if you're Christian, but you should still have discernibility in your tastes of film. These films are flimsy and don't hold.

This is an Christian masterpiece of a film that is definitely worth seeing."Catching Faith" tells the story of Alexa Taylor and her 'perfect' family, she has two twins Beau (portrayed by Garrett Westton) and Ravyn (portrayed by Bethany Peterson), and the struggles they face. Beau is an all-star football player for a football team called "The Eau Claire Crush" while Ravyn on the other hand is an straight A academic student. Alexa thinks that her family is perfect, but when Beau gets caught drinking at a party and when Ravyn is tempted to cheat on her Advanced Latin II exam final, the family must pull together and realize that not everyone is perfect and that we all have flaws.This is a truly beautiful film about integrity and courage and believing in God.I give 'Catching Faith' a 10/10.