Come Sunday

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Come Sunday

2018

1h 46m

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Internationally-renowned pastor Carlton Pearson risks his church, family and future when he questions church doctrine and finds himself branded a heretic.

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Come Sunday benefits greatly from Chiwetel Ejiofor's central performance, which is often enough to lift an otherwise uneven drama.

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Lawrence Ware

Slate

Come Sunday Takes the Challenges of Faith Seriously. We Need More Movies Like It.

Jan 9, 2019

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Karen Han

Thrillist

It's worth streaming Come Sunday on Netflix just for the performances

Apr 25, 2018

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Aramide Tinubu

Shadow and Act

As Come Sunday comes to a close, you'll undoubtedly have more questions than answers, but that is why the film works so beautifully.

Apr 13, 2018

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Kay-B

Black Girl Nerds

In times like these, it is important to see stories of redemption and acceptance, and Come Sunday delivers just that.

Rated: B-

Feb 9, 2022

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Brett McCracken

The Gospel Coalition

A cautionary tale about the abuses and theological confusion that can arise in charismatic cultures where 'God told me' is common parlance.

Aug 20, 2019

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Thom Denson

One Room With A View

In what feels like another near-miss from Netflix, Come Sunday is a low key morality tale that never quite delivers.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 14, 2019

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Stephen C

1 hour and 46 minutes based on a true story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/28/25

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Tony S

A true, but sad story, about a gifted pastor who lost his way. He was mentored by Oral Roberts who considered him like a son But, when Bishop Carlton Pearson slipped from Biblical Christianity to universalism, Roberts would no longer support him. Pearson lost most of his congregation, his church building, his home, but he continued to preach universalism and was eventually kicked out of his pentecostal denomination. He ended up a unitarian, which is where his theology fit best. He died in November, 2023 at age 70

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/10/24

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Louise C

This movie portrays the key times in Carlson Pearson's life. Chiwetel Ejiofor is superb as Bishop Pearson. Although the film seems quite long at times, it is well done, with a convincing cast supporting the main roles. I enjoyed watching it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/24

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Audience Member

Powerful. Whether you agree with Pearson's doctrinal leanings or not, you should be able to emphasize with what he went through. Chiwetel did such an excellent job of portraying Pearson that there were times when I thought Pearson himself was in the movie. P.S. Holding unorthodox beliefs doesn't make you a heretic. Jesus would have been a heretic to the religious leaders of his day,

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Audience Member

A pointless watch. The ending was so unbearable it was unreal. Bruh.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

Superb acting, and a tough topic to traverse, make this very watchable from the start. The apparent ‘crisis of faith' really could have been explored further, but perhaps that would have diverted away from the overall development of the story, as we follow the Bishop and his family

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Synopsis

Internationally-renowned pastor Carlton Pearson risks his church, family and future when he questions church doctrine and finds himself branded a heretic.

Director: Joshua Marston
Producer: Ira Glass, Julie Goldstein, Alissa Shipp, James D. Stern
Screenwriter: Marcus Hinchey
Production Co: Endgame Entertainment
Genre: Biography, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 13, 2018
Runtime: 1h 46m

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