Comments on: Christians in the movies: the good, the bad and the ugly https://mikefrost.net/christians-in-the-movies-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ AUTHOR | SPEAKER | MISSIOLOGIST | AGITATOR Sun, 19 Mar 2023 04:26:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 By: David Ballantyne https://mikefrost.net/christians-in-the-movies-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-45157 Sun, 19 Mar 2023 04:26:02 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=28911#comment-45157 Thanks for the list. I’ve not seen most of these and will be looking for them. I’m curious about your thoughts on “A River Runs through It” and the portrayal of the father and his sons. The father being the local pastor raising his two sons in Montana and how they each respond to life through their worldviews.
Sister Falconer in Elmer Gantry reminds me of the Aimee Semple MacPhearson story.

]]> By: BC https://mikefrost.net/christians-in-the-movies-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-45139 Sat, 18 Mar 2023 21:23:04 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=28911#comment-45139 Not a movie, but Call the Midwife. Those nuns and their tireless work to stand by the mothers and babies of East London helped revive my own flagging faith. They have their bias (the introduction of easier access to birth control episode was an interesting one) and yet at times their compassion and understanding towards their patients’ circumstances outweighs that of their secular employed midwives. All the while they maintain the rituals of religious life in the background of their midwifery and nursing duties. A beautiful and sensitive depiction of women who have chosen a life of faith.

]]> By: Keith Ham https://mikefrost.net/christians-in-the-movies-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-45138 Sat, 18 Mar 2023 21:08:01 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=28911#comment-45138 “Babette’s Feast” is a favourite of mine – a beautiful portrayal of grace in action.

]]> By: Stephanie Foster https://mikefrost.net/christians-in-the-movies-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-25135 Sat, 01 May 2021 20:48:18 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=28911#comment-25135 Thank you for posting this thought-provoking list. Another suggestion: I have appreciated the nuance and ultimate goodwill in the depiction of the parish priest in Grantchester.

]]> By: Jeremy https://mikefrost.net/christians-in-the-movies-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-12599 Fri, 01 Nov 2019 19:44:14 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=28911#comment-12599 The BBC series “Rev”, has for my money one of the best portrayals of a parish priest engaged in parish ministry. Very funny, deeply moving and mostly spot on.

]]> By: Wyatt Walsh https://mikefrost.net/christians-in-the-movies-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-12245 Sat, 24 Aug 2019 07:59:05 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=28911#comment-12245 Have you seen the film Bad Lieutenant (1992)? It is very unique among portrayals of Christianity in American films, and in my opinion truly captures the Christian spirit. Very powerful. I’d like to know what you think of it.

Also, what are your thoughts on the spiritual themes in Blade Runner (1982?)

]]> By: Kate Hurley https://mikefrost.net/christians-in-the-movies-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-12124 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:52:49 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=28911#comment-12124 Have you ever seen the movie Dead Man Walking? It’s been so many years since I’ve seen it but I remember being so struck by it that I couldn’t talk for hours afterwards. It’s about a nun depicted by Susan Sarandon trying to bring Christ’s love to an inmate on death row. Her faith was depicted as a beautiful part of who she was. Sean Penn is also dazzling in it.

]]> By: James Petticrew https://mikefrost.net/christians-in-the-movies-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-11936 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 07:39:49 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=28911#comment-11936 Not a film but you have the UK series REV about a London inner city Anglican minister, its a sort of comedy drama but it has profound moments and any pastor will have some knowing smiles at what happens

]]> By: Marg Mowczko https://mikefrost.net/christians-in-the-movies-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-11906 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 06:43:15 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=28911#comment-11906 I love the 1956 movie Friendly Persuasion. The story focuses on a Quaker family, and the mum of the family, played by Dorothy McGuire, is the minister of the church. It’s not a deep movie, but the Christians are depicted as sincere, amiable, and relatable people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendly_Persuasion_(1956_film)

]]> By: Val Clark https://mikefrost.net/christians-in-the-movies-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comment-11839 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 04:00:55 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=28911#comment-11839 Keeping Mum is an English comedy. In it the bumbling country parish priest, Walter Goodfellow, played by Rowan Atkinson, gives an address ‘God’s Mysterious Ways’. His last line is a crack up and something we too often forget.
https://www.famousfix.com/videos?v=wqWW3Mo5vo8

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