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The Second Chance

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Two pastors, one from a wealthy parish in a predominantly white suburb, the other, the head of an inner-city church, must learn to bridge the gap between their different philosophies and their individual prejudices. Together they look for common ground through faith and fight to save one's struggling urban church and the people it serves.

Critics Reviews

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Justin Chang Variety Feb 21, 2006
As divided as the two very different churches at its center, The Second Chance reps an uneasy marriage of spiritual conviction and dramatic expedience. Go to Full Review Lou Lumenick New York Post Feb 17, 2006
2/4
[The film is] sabotaged by hackneyed dialogue, sluggish pacing and a listless performance by Smith, who only springs to life when he's singing. Go to Full Review Kevin Crust Los Angeles Times Feb 17, 2006
3/5
A movie-of-the-week treatment of race and class, the film credibly portrays the day-to-day workings of an urban ministry. Go to Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 22, 2020
3.0/4.0
The end result is that rare Christian film that garners a PG-13 rating for its realistic portrayals of violence and conflict. Go to Full Review Kam Williams Upstage Magazine Jun 1, 2007
1/4
A modern morality play whose positive messages are undercut by its pandering, paternalistic tone. Go to Full Review Peter T. Chattaway Christianity Today Oct 11, 2006
3/4
This may be a church movie, but it's one of the better ones. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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Mar 10, 2014 Desite possessing a worthy message, "Second Chance" stumbles and struggles overall as a film. It oftentimes feels distant, as if it was made with no love or care to invite anybody else in. Still, it's a somewhat harmless film, and makes for better family fare than most movies that you'll find on cable. See more Dec 4, 2013 Cliche, predictable, not credible, a pretense by which the gospel is shared. The gospel is the Good News but this movie? Not so much. See more Aug 16, 2013 It was a great movie Michael W Smith play so good in the movie he is my favorite singer and his voice is great See more Dec 7, 2012 Standard film, mediocre, nothing further, worth one watch or two. See more Nov 26, 2012 A must see again, for me. See more Nov 1, 2012 Very good, a few almost cuss words... Very inspiring! I was thinking about it for at least a couple of days! See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Steve Taylor

Director

Michael W. Smith

Ethan Jenkins

Jeff Obafemi Carr

Jake Sanders

J. Don Ferguson

Jeremiah Jenkins

Lisa Arrindell Anderson

Amanda Sanders

David Alford

Parker Richards

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The Second Chance

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Movie Info

Synopsis Two pastors, one from a wealthy parish in a predominantly white suburb, the other, the head of an inner-city church, must learn to bridge the gap between their different philosophies and their individual prejudices. Together they look for common ground through faith and fight to save one's struggling urban church and the people it serves.
Director
Steve Taylor
Producer
J. Clarke Gallivan, Coke Sams, Steve Taylor
Screenwriter
Steve Taylor, Chip Arnold, Ben Pearson
Distributor
Triumph Marketing, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co
Ruckus Films
Rating
PG-13 (Some Drug References)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 17, 2006, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Jul 18, 2006
Box Office (Gross USA)
$432.3K
Runtime
1h 44m
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