Hello all! Well, I'm not doing a book review, but I wanted to let you know about a new Christian movie that's out right now. :-) I won't be giving away all the details though, don't want to spoil it for you! I did want to give you a general idea about it though. I saw this advertised on another blog a couple of weeks ago, I watched the trailer, and then sent an email to my Dad and said "Can we get this please?" :-) I was surprised that he said yes! Anyway, the dvd came in on Friday, and we watched it Saturday. (Dad and Josh have yet to see it... :-) )
The movie is called "Come What May" it came out this year, and was produced by home schoolers (yay! :-) ) For those of us who are used to high-production/professional Hollywood films, the movie may seem a little different to you. It's fairly low budget, and I can mostly see this by the "backgrounds" in the film. However, I thought the acting was pretty good, and the content/story is great! :-)
It is about a 19 year old young man, named Caleb, who wants to become a lawyer. He wants to transfer to Patrick Henry College, because they turn out some of the best debaters. His mom is an unsaved lawyer and is not thrilled about the idea. His dad is a newly christian science teacher and is more favorable. They visit the school, and his mom agrees to let him go, and they will pay for the first year, and they will also pay for the second year, IF he wins the "moot court debate." (this is like a pretend debate with the Supreme Court)
Okay, a brief little interruption here. Wanted to give you a little more information, if you aren't familiar, Patrick Henry College is a fairly new college, started by Mike Farris. Mike Farris has been prominent in the home school realm, and I believe he was also the one who started HSLDA (Home School Legal Defense) an organization to help defend home schooling rights etc. Mike Farris has 10 kids, I think they are all older now. He also is in the film for a couple of scenes, which is pretty cool. :-) I've heard him speak once, several years ago. Anyway, just in case you aren't familiar with all this "home school trivia" I thought I'd give some background. :-)
Anyway, so Caleb is going to be partnered up with a girl named Rachel for this debate team, however the topic this year is "overturning Roe vs. Wade." Caleb is not thrilled with this, and keeps trying to think of ways to not exactly "overturn" Roe vs. Wade but just make a few changes, and LATER add an exception clause or something. He is convinced he won't be able to win the argument, since it is such a debatable topic. (and as a result he won't be able to attend Patrick Henry the next year) However, the entire team is against this idea, they want to argue to overturn it.
His mom and dad also are having some marital issues that add another dimension to the film. His dad wants to publish a christian biology text book, but is worried he will lose his teaching job if he does. His mom is pretty "feministic" and consumed with work.
Ironically, his mom has a chance to go before the REAL supreme court to help the abortion issue (having a girl not have to let her parents know that she is getting an abortion). So while Caleb is defending abortion in his moot court hearing, his mom is doing the opposite in the "real" Supreme Court! This in my opinion, is the climax of the movie, watching Caleb convince his "moot court" to overturn Roe vs. Wade and his mom arguing for abortion.
Also, I love the fact that in the movie they sort of talk about "courtship." Caleb wants to go out with his partner Rachel, but she informs him that "the man she gives her heart to, is the man she marries." Anyway, this adds an interesting twist to the movie, and I love the fact that the movie emphasizes something other than the usual dating methods.
So there is the gist of the movie, I hope I've pricked you're curiosity! I've purposely left out a lot and how the movie ends. :-) If you want to learn more abut the movie, see the trailer, etc. Go to this website:
http://www.adventfilmgroup.com/
I'd encourage to consider purchasing the film. (or maybe borrow it from me to see if you like it, THEN buy it :-) ) Although it will be different from the films you usually see, I think it's good to sometimes buy Christian film productions and help to encourage the producers etc!
Hope you enjoyed the summary! Have a great day!
Also, if you've seen the movie, I'd love to hear your thoughts on it! Did you have a favorite part, or quote? What do you wish they had done differently?
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