The River Within

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Audience Member If you are a young professional, teenager, parent, grandparent, teacher or just interested in the challenges some adults and children face these days, this movie is for you. It shows the many different elements that our children face in the world today and how adults can help to facilitate them in making the right choices in life and learn about their own relationships at the same time. The River Within has a very relatable story of a young man who has graduated Law School moves home to his small town for the summer to study for his upcoming bar examination. He reconnects with old friends. When he encounters David, played by Craig Morris, a local small church minister, his life changes forever! He accepts a part time job as youth director for this small church. Davie reconnects with Paul, played by Craig Luttrell, a should have been actor who have returned from LA and Layla, played by Jaclyn Friedlaner, an old friend. Layla just happens to have had a childhood crush on Jason and it reignites with them reconnecting. This sends her engagement plans into a frenzy. David, as the youth minister, gets to know students personally and learns of their personal struggles. During this time, Jason discovers he has a passion that he didnâ(TM)t know existed within him. As Jason says in this movie,❠I believe that God is always at work in the world around us.âThe River Within explores the idea that each of our lives has a purpose! The story is an uplifting story of struggle and triumph. The movie was was filmed in Northeast Arkansas in the summer of 2008. You will be able to see true natural beauty and historical building while this touching story is acted out. I would highly recommend this movie to everyone!! Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie avoided the cheesy, Christian, cliche-ness most religious movies have. It had a very stripped feel, largely in part because of the extremely low budget of the movie, which worked in its favor. It also tackled issues not usually addressed in Christian films. Bravo. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie has a wonderful lesson to be learned by us all. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member An hour and 32 minutes of my life watsed Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Not usually a fan of faith-based movies, but this one was alright. Pretty good, actually. It suffers from typical low-budget issues (no name actors, rough sound, etc.) but the story was realistic and good. The movie has a definite Christian message, but never feels preachy. I found many of the situations to be very relatable, and even cried twice towards the end. Definitely worth the watch if you are looking for something that is "family friendly". Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member While this movie suffers somewhat from budget issues (occasional sound glitch, a couple of rough transitions, an obviously non-professional supporting cast), it is one of the better, and possibly the best Faith-based film I have seen in a long time. The story line was well developed and has a fantastic payoff and was not at all cheesy (a rarity for the genre). The cinematography is at times wonderful. The lead actors are solid. And the music was pretty good, too. The message challenges the church to be more transparent and attentive to those within their sphere of influence (which I found to be very relevant), and it is delivered in such a way that both convicts and uplifts the viewer. Definitely worth the watch- especially if you are looking for something that is family friendly. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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