Review:

This is exactly what you think it is. If you are a Christian, it's a saccharine 2 hours of propaganda that is either going to strengthen you faith or make you roll your eyes. If you aren't a Christian, why the fuck are you watching this? It's not going to change your mind and it's not intended to be viewed as a real movie; it's a long advert for Newsboys. If you are a looking for an actual film, this isn't going to satisfy you. If you are a Christian woman in your 40's who finds Lifetime movies too secular, congratulations, you are their entire demo. For what it tries to be, God's not dead is surprisingly well acted and at least uses a few artistic shots. The characters are the inverse equivalent to what 4Chan thinks all Christians are like; being that the writers seem to think that all Atheists are out to get them and are just the most monstrous people. Everyone here is a caricature and the plot is mindbogglingly predicable. There are some bad creative choices, like the anti-theist blogger listening to Christian Rock as she types, because we gotta sell those soundtracks and we can't have no Devil music on them. The ending is cliche and the amount of times the band Newsboys come up makes it feel like they must be bankrolling this. As a Christian, I can see the intent and while I think they did a bad job, they clearly understand their niche market. As a movie boy, God's Not Dead is a bad movie. This is grown--up Veggie Tales without the charm.