No kings on the back Row.

Rating: 4/10 (23 May 2006)

Regardless of your faith, this movie is difficult to sit through. I enjoyed the novel. I got a bang out of it. The movie? It's for phonies. It was a bore to sit through. No depth. See it if you wish. I hold my opinion. I mean no offense to those who get off at this film, I just ask you to form your opinion independent of a religious attitude, a non-religious attitude, or any attitude pertaining to a belief in the power of human triumph over adversity (this film supports none of the above). If you receive a religious experience from this movie or from the novel it derived from, I laugh at you (sympathetically). Take it for what it is- an unnecessary blockbuster that perpetuates the crippling of American cinema. It butchered the novel- an interesting FICTITIOUS novel- and it lowers the standard of Hollywood releases. Don't waste your money on this one. Just re-rent Pee-wee's Big Adventure and, at least, laugh.