The Second Chance

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The Second Chance

PG-13

2006

1h 44m

Drama

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Two pastors, one from a wealthy parish in a predominantly white suburb, the other, the head of an inner-city church, must learn to bridge the gap between their different philosophies and their individual prejudices. Together they look for common ground through faith and fight to save one's struggling urban church and the people it serves.

Justin Chang

Variety

02/21/2006

As divided as the two very different churches at its center, The Second Chance reps an uneasy marriage of spiritual conviction and dramatic expedience.

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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

02/17/2006

2/4

[The film is] sabotaged by hackneyed dialogue, sluggish pacing and a listless performance by Smith, who only springs to life when he's singing.

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Kevin Crust

Los Angeles Times

02/17/2006

3/5

A movie-of-the-week treatment of race and class, the film credibly portrays the day-to-day workings of an urban ministry.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

09/22/2020

3.0/4.0

The end result is that rare Christian film that garners a PG-13 rating for its realistic portrayals of violence and conflict.

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Kam Williams

Upstage Magazine

06/01/2007

1/4

A modern morality play whose positive messages are undercut by its pandering, paternalistic tone.

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Peter T. Chattaway

Christianity Today

10/11/2006

3/4

This may be a church movie, but it's one of the better ones.

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03/10/2014

Desite possessing a worthy message, "Second Chance" stumbles and struggles overall as a film. It oftentimes feels distant, as if it was made with no love or care to invite anybody else in. Still, it's a somewhat harmless film, and makes for better family fare than most movies that you'll find on cable.

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12/04/2013

Cliche, predictable, not credible, a pretense by which the gospel is shared. The gospel is the Good News but this movie? Not so much.

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08/16/2013

It was a great movie Michael W Smith play so good in the movie he is my favorite singer and his voice is great

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12/07/2012

Standard film, mediocre, nothing further, worth one watch or two.

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11/26/2012

A must see again, for me.

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11/01/2012

Very good, a few almost cuss words... Very inspiring! I was thinking about it for at least a couple of days!

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Synopsis

Two pastors, one from a wealthy parish in a predominantly white suburb, the other, the head of an inner-city church, must learn to bridge the gap between their different philosophies and their individual prejudices. Together they look for common ground through faith and fight to save one's struggling urban church and the people it serves.

Director: Steve Taylor
Producer: J. Clarke Gallivan, Coke Sams, Steve Taylor
Screenwriter: Steve Taylor, Chip Arnold, Ben Pearson
Distributor: Triumph Marketing, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Ruckus Films
Rating: PG-13 (Some Drug References)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 17, 2006, Original
Release Date (DVD): Jul 18, 2006
Box Office (Gross USA): $432.3K
Runtime: 1h 44m