The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis

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The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis

2021

1h 13m

Biography

Drama

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An elder C.S. Lewis looks back on his remarkable journey from hard-boiled atheist to the most renowned Christian writer of the past century. The Most Reluctant Convert features award-winning actor Max McLean as the older Lewis and Nicholas Ralph -- breakout star of PBS Masterpiece's All Creatures Great and Small -- as young Lewis. Beautifully filmed in and around Oxford this engaging biopic follows the creator of The Chronicles of Narnia from the tragic death of his mother when he was just nine years old, through his strained relationship with his father, to the nightmare of the trenches of World War I to Oxford University, where friends like J.R.R. Tolkien challenge his unbelief.

Alistair Lawrence

Common Sense Media

08/02/2022

2/5

However, as with many adaptations of plays, much of what works on stage struggles to be replicated on-screen.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

05/03/2022

3.5/4.0

A disciplined and beautifully constructed motion picture with a cast understanding of all the fine nuances of Lewis's life and Lewis's written words.

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Michael Clark

Epoch Times

12/17/2021

4/5

As good as "Reluctant" is, it is far from a complete overview of Lewis's life, which is not at all a bad thing. The movie accomplishes what it set out to do; it wasn't trying to be a full-blown biography.

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Michael Medved

The Michael Medved Show

11/15/2021

4/4

THE MOST RELUCTANT CONVERT is a singularly touching, artistic, and even spiritual experience.

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Stephen H

11/21/2022

enjoyed it, would preferred they didn't break the fourth wall with the actor talking with the crew

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William W

12/06/2021

A very interesting perspective on a famous author's life.

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julie

12/05/2021

His story was told well!

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CathyP

11/30/2021

The world - this apostate world we are in - needs C.S.Lewiss message of conversion (joy and hope) as desperately as it ever has.

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nanyuman

11/28/2021

A great and inspiring insight into the life of a great writer and his walk of faith. So glad I got to see this movie

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Jim

11/28/2021

Powerful movie about a great man who God used to change the world. Lewis has shaped my thought for the last 35 years.

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Max McLean

C.S. Lewis (Older)

Nicholas Ralph

C.S. Lewis (Younger)

Eddie Ray Martin

C.S. Lewis (Child)

Richard Harrington

Albert Lewis

Amy Alexander

Flora Lewis

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An elder C.S. Lewis looks back on his remarkable journey from hard-boiled atheist to the most renowned Christian writer of the past century. The Most Reluctant Convert features award-winning actor Max McLean as the older Lewis and Nicholas Ralph -- breakout star of PBS Masterpiece's All Creatures Great and Small -- as young Lewis. Beautifully filmed in and around Oxford this engaging biopic follows the creator of The Chronicles of Narnia from the tragic death of his mother when he was just nine years old, through his strained relationship with his father, to the nightmare of the trenches of World War I to Oxford University, where friends like J.R.R. Tolkien challenge his unbelief.

Director: Norman Stone
Producer: Matthew Jenkins
Screenwriter: Norman Stone
Distributor: Trafalgar Releasing
Genre: Biography, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 3, 2021, Limited
Runtime: 1h 13m