The Second Chance

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The Second Chance

PG-13

Released Feb 17, 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

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

Feb 21, 2006

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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

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

Rated: 2/4

Feb 17, 2006

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Kevin Crust

Los Angeles Times

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

Rated: 3/5

Feb 17, 2006

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

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

Rated: 3.0/4.0

Sep 22, 2020

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Kam Williams

Upstage Magazine

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

Rated: 1/4

Jun 1, 2007

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Peter T. Chattaway

Christianity Today

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

Rated: 3/4

Oct 11, 2006

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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.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Audience Member

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

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

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

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Audience Member

A must see again, for me.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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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