Movie
reviews for “Let There Be Light”
including our own
First, our own comments: The movie is fantastic! We enjoyed every minute
of it—every minute counted. The leads
were perfect, including the real life family of Mr and Mrs Sorbo and their two
sons. A third son dies at age 8 of
cancer and when the dad has his death-and-back experience, provides the cryptic
message, “Let There Be Light”. This
becomes a quest after his Christian conversion.
Hannity is also great in his role at the end of the movie.
“Deliver Us From Evil” (as you
well know) is the title of one of Sean Hannity’s books. In the cyberwar of Islam vs Christianity you
have Christ’s Love, vs Islamic beheadings.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is one of invitation, not threat of
death. This is one point of the movie.
I have enough notes to write completely
about the movie but you need to see it yourselves. I’ll just give you one LDS perspective: When Kevin Sorbo remarries his actual wife in
the movie and the pastor says, “until death do you part”, he says, “No, not at
death—I’ve been there.”
The reviewers don’t give enough credit to
the Sorbo family. The sons were great! We enjoyed the close-up shots of the faces,
including the sons, the lovely Mrs Sorbo, and Kevin Sorbo. The music was great. At the end, the credits seemed brief, not 15
minutes of thousands of team members to make a mega-movie. This faith-movie will knock the sox off of
losing R-movies.
A personal note: We have an LDS friend, Medy Fowler, who
crossed over, “Home and Back Again” twice and tells of the embrace of the
Savior and the beauty of Heaven, including music and vivid colors. She visits
with her family members who have passed. They are near us.
Home and
Back Again: My Journey Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death
Imelda Fowler, age 53, is the mother of two and a grandmother
of three children. She is also a National and State Power Lifting champion (97
lbs. class), holding several records in the United States. A native of the
Philippines, she came to America in 1980, when she was 20 years old. In the
summer of 2004, her appendix burst and due to a misdiagnoses by a late-night
intern…
Now, two bone-head reviews (read and believe the opposite)
The title and opening
paragraph from Hollywood Reporter, online, by narky Frank Scheck
Kevin
Sorbo plays an atheist who finds God after a near-death experience in this
drama executive produced by Sean Hannity.
Let There Be Light represents a clearly personal family
affair for former Hercules star Kevin Sorbo,
who stars in and makes his directorial debut with the faith-based film. The
screenplay was co-written by his real-life spouse Sam Sorbo, who plays his
character's ex-wife, and their sons Braden and Shane appear as the couple's
offspring. But while Christian audiences will no doubt embrace this heavily
proselytizing drama, secular viewers are likely to feel like they've been
accosted by a street-corner preacher.
Variety.com
reviewer Dennis Harvey opening title and paragraphs
Film Review: ‘Let There Be Light’ by Dennis ‘talking-points’ Harvey
Kevin Sorbo directs and Sean Hannity exec produces an
inspirational drama about the spiritual redemption of the "world's most
famous atheist."
Kevin Sorbo, the former TV
“Hercules” now a busy producer-star primarily in the faith-based entertainment
industry, makes his feature directorial debut in the latter mode with “Let
There Be Light.” More polished than many of its ilk, perhaps due to executive
producer coin from the inimitable Sean Hannity — who gets
third billing for a shamelessly self-promoting late appearance — this drama
about the spiritual awakening of “the world’s most famous atheist’” is
predictably simplistic and maudlin in content. But it should satisfy the target
demographic with an inspirational family-values message wrapped in a sudsy
narrative.
http://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/let-there-be-light-review-1202593888/
NOTE:
Reader-comments are 100x better
than the reviewer’s!
When
they remarry and the preacher comes to “until death do you part”,
Kevin
Sorbo says, “No, not at death—I’ve been there.”
