The Case for Christ [DVD]

A good film that will strengthen your faith

Good movie

This movie is absolutely one of the best I have watched recently! I really enjoyed it ! I was not expecting the high production value, the acting, the story line, and the wonderful information that was in it. I am always looking for a good Christian movies, but somehow, many of them have disappointed me through the years. Even though the subjects were always intriguing and so important, many Christian movies always "feel flat" to me. This one did not fall flat, instead it is very gripping. I have already read significant parts of the Case for Christ book, and this movie does cover the most important parts, and being in the form of a movie it solidifies in my memory many of the wonderful points Lee Stobel made in his book ! I am a visual person and learner. Another movie I would recommend that is available to amazon prime video is Acts Visual bible. That is verse by verse the movie of Acts and it really helps me very much, reading and watching the bible on the TV at the same time ! Anyways the acting in this moving is excellent, unlike many of the Christian movies I have seen! I hope they can make more Christian movies of this quality. This one is highly recommended. I will definitely watch this movie again with my family! Glory be to God !

Very well made, biblically solid and entertaining enough to keep your interest. A great movie for the open minded skeptic or long-time Christian alike.

great movie

What an amazing true story. Great acting and very well done. Lee reminds me of many people who are atheists and have hardened hearts. What an amazing turnaround. God bless Lee Stroebel for telling his story and thank you for making a movie about it. God bless Leslie for praying for God to remove his heart of stone and give him a new heart of flesh. I pray that God would do the same for my brother in Jesus' name Amen.

This movie makes compelling assertions that each person must come to grips with in their life. You really need to watch this story.

It is based on the true story of a young man that was an award winning investigative journalist for the Chicago Tribune in the late 70s through the early 80s.After a harrowing event where their daughter nearly dies choking in a restaurant, and is saved by a nurse who coincidentally happens to be there, his wife starts to show an increasing interest in Christianity. The man is an avowed atheist, as he sees no evidence any god exists.As the pair grow apart, the man becomes convinced the only way he can save his marriage, and his wife, from what he thinks is a cult's brainwashing, is to prove the central precept of the religion is untrue; that Christ died on the cross and was resurrected. He is positive he can do this with enough research and his logical skills.He's taken on a journey full of twists, turns, and revelations that he is not expecting, or able to reconcile with his personal paradigm. As he continues to pound his head against the wall, trying to make the history, and the knowledge of the many scientific experts he consults, bend to his will, his obsession is driving his now even more religious wife further away.He is driven into a corner of frantic panic about what he is going to do, until he comes to the realization that the evidence he has uncovered has completely destroyed his original assumptions and bias. When he puts aside his feelings and looks at all the evidence he has collected objectively, he has to admit to himself that Christ did die and was risen from the dead.For the most part the movie is well acted, written and directed. Both leads do admirable jobs, and the supporting cast has a lot of characters that are believable as human beings, and not just caricatures. While there is a fair amount of melodrama, and a couple scenes where the smaltz factor goes off the scale, it certainly didn't detract from my overall enjoyment of the production. There is a subplot where the protagonist is investigating a gang-banger's alleged shooting of a Chicago cop that adds some good elements to the narrative, but doesn't overwhelm the main story line.The movie also does a nice job of not using the facts he discovers as hammers to beat you over the head with. This movie is about the journey and the destination, not the waypoints. I never felt like someone was trying to convince me or proselytize me. It was a tightrope to walk, but they did a good job of it.So while this movie won't win an Academy Award from the heathens in Hollywood, I was impressed that they made a darn good movie from some subject matter that could have very easily jumped the shark. I'll rate this 9 Tomatoes. I'm going to look up the book this is based on as I am hoping to learn some more details on the research he came up with during the journey.