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Of course it initially upsets Chuck's congregation who the movie paints as a bunch of old starched and stuffy squares. He invites Lonnie and some of his Jesus-loving friends to his church. But when Chuck meets a traveling hippie street-preacher named Lonnie Frisbee, he's immediately captivated by what he hears. His first inclination is to blame the culture, specifically the shaggy-haired, barefoot, drugged-out hippies who are all over the news. Meanwhile, Pastor Chuck Smith has watched his Costa Mesa church's numbers dwindle down to a faithful few.

Greg gets a good taste of hippie culture after meeting and falling for a spirited and beautiful girl named Cathe (a terrific Anna Grace Barlow). It's here we meet a young Greg Laurie who lives in Newport Beach with his hard-drinking and hard-living mother (Kimberly Williams-Paisley). The film opens in 1968, a time when you couldn't turn on your radio or television without hearing about the growing peace-and-love hippie movement bursting out of San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district and across Southern California. The 'based on a true revolution' story (written by Erwin and Jon Gunn) covers a lot of ground and does so by focusing on three key characters: Greg Laurie (played by Joel Courtney), Chuck Smith (Kelsey Grammer), and Lonnie Frisbee (Jonathan Roumie). It's a well-made, well-directed, and well-acted mixture of biographical, coming of age, and faith-based elements. 'Jesus Revolution' is taken from megachurch pastor and producer Greg Laurie's early experiences as a member of the Jesus Movement. There's certainly no doubting which side the movie lands on. And they noted its emphasis on signs and experience over doctrine and theology. Critics saw it as more of a cultural movement than a biblical one. Some within the Christian ranks have celebrated the Jesus Movement as the last great 'spiritual awakening.' Many have praised its use to draw young people how its anti-establishment roots helped redefine church services and how it gave birth to today's lucrative contemporary Christian music industry. Young people from around the country left their traditional church settings and joined fellow 'Jesus Freaks' in the many communes along the West Coast.

Born out of the burgeoning hippie sub-culture, the movement wasn't just restricted to disillusioned flower children. The Jesus Movement was a Christian counterculture revolution that emerged in the late '60s and exploded across the country in the early '70s. Based on Greg Laurie and Ellen Vaughn's book of the same name, the movie tells of the Jesus Movement and its growth in Southern California during the early 1970s. The latest example is 'Jesus Revolution' from co-directors Jon Erwin and Brent McCorkle. But they do help these films to be seen and judged by a more equal standard. Obviously these welcomed shifts don't guarantee great movies. And filmmakers are finding that they can still convey their faith-centered messages without pounding their pulpit or speaking to their audience in platitudes. Not only are their characters becoming more rooted in the real world, they're demonstrating a more lived-in faith.

It's visible in both the quality of the filmmaking and the depth of storytelling. In recent years there's been a noticeable maturation of faith-based films. But just as much blame can go to the movies themselves which often cater to the converted and preach so exclusively to the choir that they never stand a chance of penetrating through to a wider audience. Without question, closed-mindedness can play a part, with a person's personal animus toward religion guiding their judgment. Many will approach said movie with ironclad preconceptions, instantly dismissing it. When it comes to movies, 'faith-based' is a restrictive term that (fair or not) can immediately back a movie into a corner.

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