WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Mischa Redfern I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

shakercoola A story with a theme about how a couple found love, purpose and a way to stop racism by helping the disenfranchised. Essentially, the stereotypical far-fetched ideas are that faith can ease racial tensions, build trust among people divided by social differences, and cure prejudice by coming together. The film starts slowly with scenes of rich people's palatial homes, swanky art gallery soirées, clichéd voiceovers as backstory - all failing to produce any kind of empathy about a marital breakdown. The viewer isn't given anything to feel for the characters and it serves to extinguish any intrigue for what might follow. But, eventually the story centres on a homeless man who is offered compassion by a warm-hearted woman and his husband. Unfortunately, it feels laboured in the way it is edited and all we have is a lovely, life-affirming, uplifting message delivered in a heavy-handed, overly-sweeteened manner. The soundtrack is out of kilter, varying from ponderous simple melody incidentals to Christian rock which don't fit the scenes. The final act does goes up a register thanks to Djimon Hounsou and his touching character and his speech of heartfelt sincerity near the end. The overall production is uneven. No matter how admirable the real story is, it is self-congratulatory and sickly sweet like many a Hallmark movie.

adamdanley Seriously?It took me 3 different attempts to watch this film. Not only was it superficial from the beginning, but good lord it was terrible to watch. Just seriously don't even bother.

TxMike My wife and I watched this at home on DVD from our public library. This is based on real people and their stories. Dallas and Ft Worth area fine art dealer is Greg Kinnear as Ron Hall. He is somewhat happily married to Renée Zellweger as Debbie Hall. We find out somewhat early in this movie that he has been stepping out on her and he attributes that to their very cooled off relationship, having been married 19 years and now with two teenagers.Debbie is persistent, she calls the woman and tells her she probably won't be seeing Ron anymore, she still loves him and is determined to get their relationship back to where it was.She takes what at first seems to be a strange approach, she brings him to a rough part of town where many homeless hang out. She and he will help serve food to the homeless, something she has been doing unknown to him. Her strategy is, if her husband can reconnect with what is important in life, instead of business meeting after business meeting, they can get their spark back.In the process they meet Djimon Hounsou as Denver, one of the homeless and also very angry. When he comes in with a baseball bat and starts smashing things. But Debbie is unafraid, she recognizes the man needs friendship. In the process we find out Denver's rough early life in Louisiana, and seven years at Angola for robber as a teenager, he grew up pretty much detesting white folks. But he gains redemption as well as Ron.In a smaller but important role Jon Voight is really good as Earl, who is Ron's father but there is lots of friction. At the end of the movie during the credits we see photos of the actual Hall family as well as Denver.

cheryl-49076 I believe this is one of the best movies I've seen in years. The acting was incredible and story line was moving. This movie is a must see.