Breakthrough feels like it would be more at home on small screens than the big one via nparts
Secular critics review Christian dramas at their peril. When I heard of the true story behind this one – 14-year-old falls through ice, mom prays, child makes unheard-of recovery – I was immediately worried. Should I ask the cynical question: Why doesn’t God save everyone who prays? Or even more problematic: If I don’t pray and someone dies, is it somehow my fault?
The screenplay is by Grant Nieporte , based on Joyce Smith’s 2017 book The Impossible: The Miraculous Story of a Mother’s Faith and her Child’s Resurrection. That at least explains the odd tagline: “Based on the impossible true story.” Atheist paramedic Tommy Shine swears he hears a voice directing him to John’s body under the ice, and thereafter acts as the audience stand-in for any non-believers in the crowd.
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