Synopsis
When a high school teacher is asked a question in class about Jesus, her reasoned response lands her in deep trouble and could expel God from the public square once and for all.
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Cast
- Jesse MetcalfeTom Endler
- Robin GivensPrincipal Kinney
- Melissa Joan HartGrace Wesley
- Brad HellerSchool Attorney
- Ernie HudsonJudge Stennis
- Hayley OrrantiaBrooke Thawley
- Pat BooneWalter Wesley
- Paul KwoMartin Yip
- Trisha LaFacheAmy Ryan
- Jon LindstromSuperintendent Jim Powell
- 63
Chicago Sun-Times
While the actors do a yeoman’s job in presenting their characters with aplomb (especially Jesse Metcalfe, as Wesley’s lawyer), the entire film simply comes off as a two-hour, jazzed-up movie version of a sermon. - 40
TheWrap
Its pulls back from the original film’s cruelty and comeuppances for non-believers, yet its non-Christian characters are still parodies of human evil: greedy, bitter, violent, and out to prove that “God is dead.” - 38
RogerEbert.com
There are serious movies about the Christian faith, about the persecution of the faithful, and about the intolerance that goes both ways. God's Not Dead 2 is not one of them. - 38
Movie Nation
In a righteous world, the better-acted, upbeat and faith-affirming “Miracles from Heaven” would eat this angry tirade for lunch. - 25
The A.V. Club
The first film pandered to a heavy persecution complex; this installment’s relatively subtler, but there are dog whistles aplenty. - 25
Consequence
There is a tone of anger that sneaks out of the film in even its moments of levity. - 20
The Guardian
God’s Not Dead 2 is a much better movie than God’s Not Dead, but that’s a bit like saying a glass of milk left on the table hasn’t curdled and is merely sour. - 0
Variety
Dramatically speaking, God’s Not Dead 2 operates at the level of your average middle-school play – except with far greater levels of upside-down logic and bald-faced intolerance for anyone not enraptured by the New Testament.