I Can Only Imagine

  • Music
  • Drama
2/14/2018
110
PG

The Song You Know. The Story You Don't.

10-year-old Bart Millard lives with his mother and abusive father Arthur in Texas. One day his mother drops him off at a Christian camp where he meets Shannon. Upon his return from camp, Bart finds his mother has left and movers are removing her belongings. He angrily confronts his father, who denies that his abusiveness was the reason she left. Years later, in high school, Bart and Shannon are dating. Bart plays football to please his father but is injured, breaking both ankles and ending his career. The only elective with openings is music class, so he reluctantly signs up.

Revenue:
$86,026,201
Budget:
$7,000,000

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  • There-Can-Be-Only-One

    *Disclaimer: This isn't any sort of "official" review. This is just one ordinary movie-goer's opinion...

    Lovely movie.

    I honestly wasn't expecting much, but I wanted to support MercyMe, and I always like to throw my support whenever a movie theater plays a good, clean movie like this one.

    I was actually quite amazed by the production. It had the look of a big budget film (I have no idea how much the budget was), and was lacking the cheese element prevalent in so many Christian movies. It was remarkably well cast, and I was particularly impressed by both guys who played Bart - the 11 year old Bart (Brody Rose), and the teenage/20something Bart (J Michael Finley). I also LOVED Trace Adkins as Brickell.

    I took my non-believer frie...

    March 18, 2018

  • Simon Foster

    "Though it will never be championed as an insightful work of either religious art or patriarchal psychology, I Can Only Imagine does manage to be a good film about a great song..."

    Read the full review here: http://screen-space.squarespace.com/reviews/2018/3/23/i-can-only-imagine.html

    April 19, 2018

  • Wuchak

    The story behind the popular Christian band

    Released in 2018, I Can Only Imagine is a biopic of Bart Millard (J. Michael Finley) of MercyMe, spanning his childhood, the abuse of his father (Dennis Quaid), meeting his true love (Madeline Carroll), starting the band, low-rent touring, acquiring a manager (Trace Adkins) and eventual success with the bands titular hit.

    While this semi-modest inspirational flick is nowhere near as good as Coal Miners Daughter (1980) or even La Bamba (1987), its almost on par with the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line (2005), although it cost five times LESS and lacks the polish. Finley is an otherwise unknown actor, but he makes for a fine protagonist. And Carroll is winsome and curvy; unfortunately...

    February 18, 2019

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