I like feel-good movies. Sue me. I also like movies that don’t assume all Christians are either lunatics, secret albino monks, or racist homophobes. Henry Poole definitely seems like the kind of movie I want to see.
Here’s the lead paragraph in a movie review of Henry Poole in Here from Christianity Today:
Henry Poole Is Here is a film that Christian moviegoers will yearn to embrace, if only from sheer gratitude; here, at last, is a depiction of Christian faith that portrays it as something other than the domain of cranks and loonies. And it’s not just theological theory that wins the film’s blessing, but something more substantive, verging on shocking: it proposes that miracles can happen—and supplies an audacious one for our consideration.
The story takes place when a depressed and dying man movies into a house only to be bothered by people sneaking into his backyard to see a discolored patch of stucco that may or may not be the face of Jesus. At first, he’s mad. And then…things change. Big time. People’s lives change and a miracle may occur.
I’m excited to see a nice movie that doesn’t treat my faith as a punchline. Now I may have to glue my children to the wall in order to get out for a few hours but if I do get out I’ll let you know what I think. Anyone have any glue?
August 15, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Matthew, everyone knows that guys use duct tape, not glue.
And this is one movie that I am definitely going to see.
August 15, 2008 at 8:59 pm
My bad.
August 16, 2008 at 4:14 am
No, not glue or duct tape.
Gaffer’s tape.
Black and so sticky you can hang someone from the wall.
I should know – we did when I was on stage crew in high school…
August 16, 2008 at 4:24 am
That was YOU?!!!!!!!!!! I’ve never forgiven you for that.
August 17, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Oh wow! I can’t believe they made this movie!
October 12, 2009 at 6:04 am
There is a recently released family version of this film, and I encourage you to check it out with you family. I absolutely loved this movie! It was such a great story about a real life guy who was struggling with his faith and accepting it. This is something that I've been struggling with myself for the past couple of years. It was such an encouragement to see this played out. And it's really cool that I've found a site, http://www.henrypoolebelieves.com. Right now it looks like they are giving away 10 copies of the movie for free. If you haven't seen the movie yet, or even if you have, you could always give it to a friend, but it's definitely worth checking out! GREAT film for a FAMILY movie night!