New filmmaker Kirk Davis miraculously melds numerous characters and ideas together with entertaining and thought-provoking results.
Screen Door Jesus (2005)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:9
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.3/10
Rated: R [See Full Rating] for language and some sexual content
Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Sep 30, 2005 Limited
Synopsis: A cast of eclectic characters intertwines and collides around themes of faith, religion and race in a small East Texas town. The central thread is a vision of Jesus sighted on the back porch screen... A cast of eclectic characters intertwines and collides around themes of faith, religion and race in a small East Texas town. The central thread is a vision of Jesus sighted on the back porch screen door of a local household. As media and crowds gather around the phenomenon, a series of interrelated dramas unfold. An interracial friendship between two young boys becomes tenuous when the white boy's family exploits the happening for money. The other boy faces conflict as he attempts to get his dying mother to a hospital in Houston whereas her husband wants to rely on God alone to save her. When a black man's attempts to secure a loan from a local white banker fail, a moral dilemma ensues between the banker and his own son. A local authority's adultery leads to another's attempts to expose him. And ultimately, an accidental killing and the perpetrator's reaction to it bring to surface conflicted feelings about faith and the moral conduct of everyday life. Meanwhile, everyone stands looking, and waiting for a miracle. --© Indican Pictures [More]
Starring: Alaina Kalanj, Scarlett McAlister, Cynthia Dorn
Starring: Alaina Kalanj, Scarlett McAlister, Cynthia Dorn
Director: Kirk Davis
Director: Kirk Davis
Studio: Indican Pictures
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Reviews for Screen Door Jesus
When a film comes along that confronts tough issues and manages to keep everything real without dividing its audience, it deserves massive praise.
Davis has ambition to burn and should be commended for shooting for the stars. That he had to go through the entire Old and New Testaments to try to get there is, alas, unfortunate.
Despite the conflicting statements on faith and religion, revenge and forgiveness, and sex and love, the divergent arguments are ultimately part of the ramshackle grace and peculiar charm of this modest, frequently-satisfying film.
...it's refreshing to see a film that not only doesn't demonize, but actually distinguishes between different strains of old-time Southern religion.
It’s a knowing, dare I say sweet, little film that takes pains to let the characters speak for themselves, never rallying behind an implicit religious message, which may be the best message of all.
It's a mixture of people we've all met before with stories we can believe and the simple message that folks need to chill the hell out and stop asking the question, 'Yes, but what KIND of Christian are you?' Great flick.
Screen Door Jesus demonstrates why [Robert] Altman is a genius and [director Kirk] Davis is a novice.
[Its] gutsy, madly ambiguous unleashing of a mixed bag of religious reactions attests to a genuine sense of regionalism.
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