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

Released Nov 3, 2021

1h 13m

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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.

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Stephen H

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

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/21/22

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William W

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

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/06/21

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julie

His story was told well!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/05/21

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CathyP

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

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/30/21

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nanyuman

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

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/28/21

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Jim

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

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/28/21

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Norman Stone

Director

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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Alistair Lawrence

Common Sense Media

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

Rated: 2/5

Aug 2, 2022

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

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.

Rated: 3.5/4.0

May 3, 2022

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Michael Clark

Epoch Times

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.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 17, 2021

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Michael Medved

The Michael Medved Show

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

Rated: 4/4

Nov 15, 2021

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Synopsis

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