![]() ![]() As figures in a book, they speak in language that’s too scholarly for movie dialogue and too stilted for dramatic interest.īut The Case for Christ believes that there’s high drama in an atheist’s quest to discover the facts about Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection. The artistic problem facing the moviemakers is that Strobel’s book is a series of conversations with Christian scholars. But if you are looking for some decent shots and decent editing, you could do much worse, such as anything involving the rapture or the afterlife. It does not break free of the clichés of the “Christian movie” genre. ![]() The movie is two-thirds drama, one-third apologetics essay. Given its production value, the movie is one of the best “Christian movies” that I have seen, which you should not construe as a compliment. It barely whispers History Channel documentary.Īnd yet, the movie version of The Case for Christ tries hard. His book is subtitled A Journalist’s Personal Investigation into the Evidence for Jesus, which does not scream “Hollywood screenplay!” It also does not shout novel, short story, or any other dramatic form. Yes, they made a movie out of Lee Strobel’s 1998 apologetics best-seller The Case for Christ. “They made a movie out of that?!” he exclaimed. When I told my friend that I was headed to the movie version of The Case for Christ, he was dumbfounded. Producers: Jon Gunn, Faye Dunaway, and Robert Forster ![]() Story by: Lee Stroebel (book), Brian Bird (screenplay) ![]()
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