The Case for Christ is a 2017 American Christian drama film directed by Jon Gunn and written by Brian Bird, based on a true story that inspired the 1998 book of the same name by Lee Strobel. The film stars Mike Vogel, Erika Christensen, Faye Dunaway and Robert Forster, and follows an atheist journalist who looks to disprove his wife's Christian faith. The film was released on April 7, 2017 by Pure Flix Entertainment.
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Plot summary
In 1980, atheist and award-winning investigative journalist Lee Strobel applies his journalistic and legal skills to attempt to disprove his wife Leslie's newfound Christian faith, which creates a rift within his marriage. After completing a thorough investigation for almost two years he finds the historical evidence for Jesus, and then finds a new faith in Christ.
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Cast
- Mike Vogel as Lee Strobel
- Michael Provost as young Lee Strobel
- Erika Christensen as Leslie Strobel
- Kelly Lamor Wilson as young Leslie Strobel
- Faye Dunaway as Dr. Roberta Waters
- Robert Forster as Walter Strobel
- Frankie Faison as Joe Dubois
- L. Scott Caldwell as Alfie Davis
- Mike Pniewski as Kenny London
- Tom Nowicki as Dr. Alexander Metherell
- Kevin Sizemore as Dr. Gary Habermas
- Rus Blackwell as Dr. William Lane Craig
- Jordan Cox as Bill Hybels
- Renell Gibbs as James Hicks
- Haley Rosenwasser as Alison Strobel
- Brett Rice as Ray Nelson
- Grant Goodeve as Mr. Cook
Release
In the United States and Canada, The Case for Christ was released on April 7, 2017 alongside Going in Style and Smurfs: The Lost Village, and was projected to gross $5 million in its opening weekend from 1,174 theaters. It ended up debuting to $3.9 million, finishing 10th at the box office. In its second weekend the film grossed $2.8 million, dropping 30.5% and finishing 9th at the box office.
Critical response
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a critic's approval rating of 52% based on 33 reviews, and an average rating of 5.6/10. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the film has a weighted average score 50 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
Kevin McLenithan of Christianity Today gave the film a "fresh" rating and wrote, "The film may be only intermittently successful, but when it takes its own story seriously rather than treating it as a means to an end, it stands among the best films yet produced by the Christian film industry." Jackie K. Cooper of HuffPost gave the film 6 out of 10 stars and called it "Well made and well acted; the perfect movie for the Easter season." Michael Foust of the Southern Baptist Texan gave it 4 out of 5 stars and acknowledged he was "skeptical that The Case for Christ could be turned into an enjoyable film but was pleasantly surprised with the on-screen product." Foust added, "It is one of the best films I've seen this year, masterfully weaving a spoonful of apologetics into an engaging plot that will leave moviegoers entertained, educated and perhaps even inspired." But Roger Moore of Movie Nation gave it only 1.5 out of 4 stars and called it "unemotional, uninspiring and unconvincing."
References
External links
- Official website
- The Case for Christ on IMDb
- The Case for Christ at the TCM Movie Database
- The Case for Christ at Tomatazos
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