The Shack

PG-13

Released Mar 3, 2017

2h 12m

Drama

Fantasy

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10,000+ Ratings

After suffering a family tragedy, Mack Phillips spirals into a deep depression that causes him to question his innermost beliefs. Facing a crisis of faith, he receives a mysterious letter urging him to an abandoned shack in the Oregon wilderness. Despite his doubts, Mack journeys to the shack and encounters an enigmatic trio of strangers led by a woman named Papa. Through this meeting, Mack finds important truths that will transform his understanding of his tragedy and change his life forever.

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Critics Consensus

The Shack's undeniably worthy message is ill-served by a script that confuses spiritual uplift with melodramatic clichés and heavy-handed sermonizing.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

Perhaps there are Christians who will appreciate The Shack's Oprahfied universal heaven, wherein no bad deed goes punished. But it made us pine for the Book of Job God to spitefully hurl leviathans and behemoths.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 28, 2017

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

Making a sincere film about religious faith is a tricky thing to pull off. And this folksy dose of misguided manipulation demonstrates many of the common pitfalls.

Rated: 1/5

Jun 11, 2017

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

Touchy-feely New Age therapy runs headlong into evangelical Christianity in The Shack.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 9, 2017

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Essentially a parable at its core, like the book, the film challenges traditional Christian viewpoints, notably in the visual interpretation of God.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 30, 2019

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

The Shack is as graceless as its monosyllabic title.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 5, 2019

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Louisa Moore

Screen Zealots

The Shack is far from profound or thought provoking, but it's not as harmful or hurtful to outsiders as most doctrinally centered films tend to be.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 20, 2018

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Darcie J

Every time I watch this movie I pick up more. Very awesome and worth watching multiple times.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/09/22

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Following J

While watching this video I kept thinking about the Bible and the lessons taught within it. This movie lacked so much of what is really conveyed in the Bible, that if someone who says they are Christian, but lack a real discipline in reading and studying The Holy Bible, this movie would mislead them without a doubt.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/23/24

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Elliot C

I have to watch this in class and it is so painful. I would rather do a 12 marker

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/10/24

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Don E

Look, I'm no starry eyed simpleton or religious lemming. This movie though is a fantastic view of what the love of God surely is. We should be so fortunate to hope what a relationship is and will be.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/07/24

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Brian D

I cannot believe some of the reviews given here. Take the movie for what it is, a wonderful journey that we all must face sometime in our lives. Very human, hard, and emotional. For anyone who is grieving, this is powerful. For anyone who is a human being this is powerful. The main message that I took away from this personally is let it all go, and let God be the judge. How it should be. Not people, GOD.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/14/24

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Dustin L

If you're looking for a Christian movie, this isn't it. Has nothing to do with Christianity.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/24

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Octavia Spencer

Papa

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Nan Phillips

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Synopsis

After suffering a family tragedy, Mack Phillips spirals into a deep depression that causes him to question his innermost beliefs. Facing a crisis of faith, he receives a mysterious letter urging him to an abandoned shack in the Oregon wilderness. Despite his doubts, Mack journeys to the shack and encounters an enigmatic trio of strangers led by a woman named Papa. Through this meeting, Mack finds important truths that will transform his understanding of his tragedy and change his life forever.

Director: Stuart Hazeldine
Producer: Gil Netter, Brad Cummings
Screenwriter: John Fusco, Andrew Lanham, Destin Daniel Cretton
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: TIK Films, Gil Netter, Summit Entertainment, Windblown Media
Rating: PG-13 (Thematic Material|Some Violence)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 3, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 16, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $57.2M
Runtime: 2h 12m

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