I Can Only Imagine

    I Can Only Imagine
    2018

    Synopsis

    10-year-old Bart Millard lives with his mother and abusive father Arthur in Texas. One day his mother drops him off at a Christian camp where he meets Shannon. Upon his return from camp, Bart finds his mother has left and movers are removing her belongings. He angrily confronts his father, who denies that his abusiveness was the reason she left. Years later, in high school, Bart and Shannon are dating. Bart plays football to please his father but is injured, breaking both ankles and ending his career. The only elective with openings is music class, so he reluctantly signs up.

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      Cast

      • J. Michael FinleyBart Millard
      • Dennis QuaidArthur
      • Cloris LeachmanMemaw
      • Brody RoseYoung Bart
      • Madeline CarrollShannon
      • Gianna SimoneDr. Avondale
      • Kevin DownesSingleton
      • Jason BurkeyMike
      • Rhoda GriffisJen
      • Tanya ClarkeAdele

      Recommandations

      • 80

        Arizona Republic

        The Erwins pound home their message, but they do with such skill and accomplished filmmaking the movie never becomes heavy-handed or too preachy.
      • 42

        IndieWire

        Art can be affirmation, but affirmation cannot be art.
      • 40

        Los Angeles Times

        If the film is affecting, it's due to Quaid's dark, committed performance as an incredibly troubled man.
      • 40

        The Guardian

        For all the faith-based platitudes baked into the script, it has to be conceded that directing brothers Andrew and Jon Erwin steer the ship steadily and draw out sincere and persuasive performances from Finley, who really can sing gloriously well, and Quaid, who even with a now ravaged visage is still just as dangerous, compelling and sexy as ever.
      • 38

        Movie Nation

        It’s a drab, emotionally flat film.
      • 30

        TheWrap

        The movie has too much on its plate in selling its paint-by-numbers uplift.
      • 25

        The A.V. Club

        This is an interesting idea, executed with a reductive, tin-eared understanding of what constitutes art to go along with a faith-based movie’s reductive, tin-eared understanding of what constitutes entertainment.
      • 10

        The Hollywood Reporter

        Like so many faith-based efforts, I Can Only Imagine suffers from a terminal case of self-importance.

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