The Case for Christ

    The Case for Christ
    2017

    Synopsis

    Based on the true story of an award-winning investigative journalist -- and avowed atheist -- who applies his well-honed journalistic and legal skills to disprove the newfound Christian faith of his wife... with unexpected, life-altering results.

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    Cast

    • Mike VogelLee Strobel
    • Erika ChristensenLeslie Strobel
    • Faye DunawayDr. Roberta Waters
    • Robert ForsterWalter Strobel
    • Frankie FaisonJoe Dubois
    • L. Scott CaldwellAlfie Davis
    • Mike PniewskiKenny London
    • Tom NowickiDr. Alexander Metherell
    • Michael H. ColeDr. Gary Habermas
    • Rus BlackwellDr. William Craig

    Recommendations

    • 60

      Variety

      Although it sporadically errs on the side of sentimentality and simplification, The Case for Christ sustains interest, and even generates mild suspense, while offering a faith-based spin on the template of an investigative-journalism drama.
    • 60

      The Hollywood Reporter

      This religious-themed drama earns points for proselytizing in more narratively compelling form than usual. But while the film is watchable and features some effective performances, suffice it to say that it isn’t exactly All the President’s Men.
    • 58

      The A.V. Club

      The Case For Christ is pretty slow going, tedious rather than offensive, with Strobel repeatedly whiteboarding out the evidence as callback voice-overs add up all the pieces until he’s convinced. “All right, God,” he finally says. “You win.”
    • 50

      Los Angeles Times

      Give credit to the filmmakers for making a faith-affirming picture that aims to be more thoughtful than maudlin. But what they’ve ended up with is a fairly rote Christian redemption narrative — albeit with more charts and graphs.
    • 40

      Total Film

      Believers will be more interested in what he uncovers than the layman, who will soon identify this ’80s-set adap of Lee Strobel’s book as a tedious sermon that’s preaching to the converted.
    • 38

      Movie Nation

      The Case for Christ won’t convert any critical thinker, but more disappointingly, it fails as faith-based entertainment. It’s a house of cards built to defend a house of cards, with meek-inheriting the Earth acting in the bargain.

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