I just finished watching this film for the first time (I’m from Israel). All in all it’s a very good film, but the last act felt very out-of-place. Ironically, the whole It's a Wonderful Plot thing is what hindered its Trope Namer; a How We Got Here moment and a character explaining to George just how important he’s always been would have fit the film’s general tone of human, not divine, generosity much better.
Still, it’s a wonderful film, very well acted, directed, and written (albeit suffering from some Values Dissonance, with scenes of what is essentially sexual assault Played for Laughs), with a social message that echoes and resonates with great force and rings extremely true these days—it felt much less like Glurge than Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped.
Film Very good film hurt by the Christian message (but not the way you’d think).
I just finished watching this film for the first time (I’m from Israel). All in all it’s a very good film, but the last act felt very out-of-place. Ironically, the whole It's a Wonderful Plot thing is what hindered its Trope Namer; a How We Got Here moment and a character explaining to George just how important he’s always been would have fit the film’s general tone of human, not divine, generosity much better.
Still, it’s a wonderful film, very well acted, directed, and written (albeit suffering from some Values Dissonance, with scenes of what is essentially sexual assault Played for Laughs), with a social message that echoes and resonates with great force and rings extremely true these days—it felt much less like Glurge than Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped.
So, 8.8/10.