Jesus Revolution

Name: Jesus Revolution
Genre: Drama
Released: February 24, 2023
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 46
Cast: Ally Ioannides, Anna Grace Barlow, Jackson Robert Scott, Joel Courtney, Jolie Jenkins

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Lionsgate | Release Date: February 24, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Ally Ioannides, Anna Grace Barlow, Jackson Robert Scott, Joel Courtney, Jolie Jenkins, Jonathan Roumie, Julia Campbell, Kelsey Grammer, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Nic Bishop, Nicholas Cirillo

Summary: In the 1970s, Greg Laurie (Joel Courtney) is being raised by his struggling mother, Charlene (Kimberly Williams-Paisley). Laurie and a sea of young people descend on sunny Southern California to redefine truth through all means of liberation. Everything changes when Laurie meets Lonnie Frisbee (Jonathan Roumie), a charismaticIn the 1970s, Greg Laurie (Joel Courtney) is being raised by his struggling mother, Charlene (Kimberly Williams-Paisley). Laurie and a sea of young people descend on sunny Southern California to redefine truth through all means of liberation. Everything changes when Laurie meets Lonnie Frisbee (Jonathan Roumie), a charismatic hippie-street-preacher, and Pastor Chuck Smith (Kelsey Grammer) who have thrown open the doors of Smith’s languishing church to a stream of wandering youth. What unfolds becomes the greatest spiritual awakening in American history. Rock and roll, radical love, and newfound faith lead to a Jesus Revolution that turns one counterculture movement into a revival that changes the world.
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Director: Brent McCorkle and Jon Erwin

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 120 min

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Alan Ng

Feb 23, 2023

Jesus Revolution is one of my favorite faith-based Christian movies, of which I’ve seen more than my fair share. I associate three things with faith-based films: bad acting, an outrageous, overly positive message, and a shoe-horned sermon. Thankfully, this film avoids all three elements. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Feb 23, 2023

It’s one of the most appealing faith-based big-screen entertainments in a while, polished and persuasive without getting too preachy. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Feb 23, 2023

It’s a generally uplifting account of the hippies and spiritual searchers who turned away from LSD and drug experimenting and turned towards faith, without giving up their tie-dye or VW Microbuses. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Feb 22, 2023

Jesus Revolution takes a fascinating period of American history – the hippie movement and its associated fallout within the Christian community – and transforms it into a bland, TV movie-of-the-week experience. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nell Minow

Feb 24, 2023

Jesus Revolution is more of a wistful wish to bring in a wave of new followers than an effort to understand what they'll need once they’re there. Read full review

Steve Davis

Feb 22, 2023

There’s something to be said for how Jesus Revolution occasionally evinces a period, albeit not in a very sophisticated manner, when a seemingly unbridgeable societal fissure divided the young and the old people in this country. Read full review

Katie Walsh

Feb 22, 2023

Unfortunately, despite the interesting history, the film itself is a dry, scattered slog, neutered of all the thorny, contradictory details of the real story. Read full review

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mickrussom

May 21, 2023

its strange watching this history i partially lived through. its like this chapter of american history has been brutally erased. im glad it saw the light of day again. i pray for jesus to give us guidance and comfort in these times.

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ccnop

Feb 27, 2023

Very well done. Character development, love story, period piece puts you right into the mid-60's. Definitely made for a mainstream audience so everyone will love, not just Christians.

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Steprock

Feb 25, 2023

Truly powerful. An unseen hero in the movie has got to be the editing, which worked well to tell a moving story.

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mosesjohnson

Feb 25, 2023

The Jesus Revolution" was a funny and inspiring history-based, true-story about a time, not-so-long-ago, in American's history. If you don't go because it is faith-based, you will be missing out!

3 of 7 users found this helpful34

Azrael246

Feb 26, 2023

I saw this movie on Friday and I absolutely loved this film. I cannot recommend it enough and I would encourage anyone to go see it, regardless of your beliefs.

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WatchinMovies

May 10, 2023

This is a good movie. I was surprised. Religious bigots won't like it at all but most others will. Kelsey Grammer is surprisingly good and the story is surprising and good. We say "get some popcorn and watch this movie, you'll like its message."

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

MetacriticOnur

Apr 23, 2023

bad
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adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36.
not good in any manner or degree.

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