Facing the Giants requires a Christian perspective to get the full impact. Those that are not Christian will be turned off by some poor acting by those that volunteered their time for the project. Many are actual people from the town where it was filmed.
For me, story is everything in a movie. There are no chase scenes, flashy special effects, violence or the usual Hollywood fodder. Rather, we have a great encounter with how faith and trust can transform the individual's life and direction. Some portions of the film may seem a bit difficult to believe, such as the majority student body transformation. However, having lived in the Jesus People era of the 1970s, I have personal experience in actually seeing this happen. This is the first time in any movie where such an event (documented in Time, Life, and Look) was actually portrayed.
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