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To Save a Life is a powerful Christian film about suicide, faith, and the power of one person to make a difference in the lives of many. Set in an urban high school where the jocks are high on the popularity scale and partying is commonplace, the film opens with several striking segments that include a surprisingly uncensored look at a teen culture ripe with underage drinking, bullying, and sexuality. Jake (Randy Wayne) is a popular basketball player who's at the heart of every party, but when he witnesses a childhood friend commit suicide in the halls of their school, he begins to reflect upon how he treated his friend in recent years. As he starts to grapple with his own sense of right versus wrong and struggles to define what his duty toward others might be, he meets a youth pastor who intrigues him despite his own disinterest in religion. As Jake's relationships with his parents and his girlfriend Amy become increasingly tumultuous and confusing, Pastor Chris (Joshua Weigel) serves as someone he can talk to, and his weekly youth group becomes a safe place where he can be himself without the fear of being judged. With Chris's help, Jake sets out on a journey of transformation and personal growth that will reveal God's unconditional love and Jake's power to make a difference in the lives of others. This film is both graphic in its demonstrations of immorality and openly preachy, traits that may render it uncomfortable viewing for many, but those very traits send a powerful message to modern teens. (Ages 13 and older) --Tami Horiuchi
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4.0 out of 5 stars
I like it :),
This review is from: To Save a Life (DVD)
This is perhaps the first Christian, fictional movie that has not made me cringe on the outside and cry on the inside. Most Christian films are ridiculously cheesy and have unrealistic characters who deal with situations that don't really happen in real life. Make no mistake, some parts of this film are cheesy, over-dramatised and ridiculously unrealistic. But the main character is mostly believable, facing difficulties that are met in real life. And the ending isn't a "everything's better" scenario, rather a "things are being redeemed". I like this movie and would recommend it to you.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Really well done movie!,
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This review is from: To Save a Life (DVD)
We took our youth group to go see To Save a Life during its brief theatre run, and I was impressed at how well it was done! Interesting filming, great music, and meaningful and relevant story lines. It went over really well with the youth, too. They all enjoyed it, and many afterwards were already talking about buying it when it came out on video.Probably my biggest criticism is that many of the characters look too old to be high schoolers (although that's true of a lot of shows about high schoolers), especially Jake's girlfriend. There are many issues dealt with that might not make it appropriate for, say, early junior high or younger (we had our junior highers sign a parent waiver) but they're all dealt with in a really positive way (as in, showing the consequences of vs. glorifying them as so many other movies/shows do). Most importantly, the movie's message focuses on the importance of relationship, community and what it means to love others - and how much of an impact we really have on other people. I would absolutely recommend this movie and will be buying it - both for our youth group and for myself - when the DVD is released!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Well done, thought provoking, exciting movie,
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Jake has all he could ever want, popularity, talent, good grades, girlfriend, and a bright future. The he witnesses the suicide of a friend and begins to ask, "Why? What could I have done?". His friends tell him to stop worrying, get on with is life, he didn't do anything. He answer is "Why didn't I?" His questions open his eyes to the hurt around him: people he has known for years, new people, family. Jake is forced to ask, and makes us ask: what can I do to save a life?I highly recommend this well done exciting, thought provoking movie.
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