Come What May DVD Review
Published on February 24, 2009 by Admin/Neil · 2 Comments
In the vein of the highly successful Fire Proof, Come What May is another grassroots Christian film produced using an entirely volunteer cast. From the Advent Film Group, Come What May is set to release on DVD March 17th and is available from Provident Integrity Distribution.
As the 36th anniversary of the highly controversial Roe vs. Wade abortion rights decision by the Supreme Court nears, Come What May explores the important ethical issues surrounding the factors in the case. With a love story in the forefront, Come What May is a clever tale about two young college students who are star debaters at Patrick Henry College (PHC) in Virginia.
Amazingly students and faculty from PHC helped developed the script for Come What May. Manny Edwards wrote the initial draft and worked with David Hallbrook, PHC Director of Communications and a Pulitzer Prize nominee, on subsequent versions. The core team on the film crew consisted of 40 home school students from 16 states. The NCFCA league was one of the speech and debate clubs used as a resource for finding the film’s talented debaters.
Come What May was the winner of the Redemptive Storyteller Award at an international film festival. Despite the amateur and volunteer status of many of the movie’s stars, the presentation of the story is quite compelling. Austin Kearney is excellent as Caleb Hogan, the film’s young lead. Victoria Emmens is also great as his female counterpart. Kenneth and Karen Jezek team up to play Caleb’s parents, who are struggling to salvage their marriage.
Come What May is a pro-life film that explores the very raw factors that relate to each side of the Roe vs. Wade debate. Along with its spiritual and political themes, the movie tells the story of one budding relationship and another on the verge of collapse. Although it starts a bit slow, Come What May is an intelligent and well-crafted movie.
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: March 17, 2009
Grade: B
Starring: Austin Kearney, Victoria Emmens, Kenneth Jezek, Karen Jezek
Director: George Escobar and Manny Edwards
Reviewed by Neil
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This film seems completely ridiculous. By the way, I debated against Patrick Henry College while I was in college. They are good, but not great. Also, the supposed left leaning bias of the judges is a Christian persecution complex. In the real world their students that were talented in argumentation did quite well making right wing arguments. For the record, many did well arguing from the opposite side as well when they were required to by the competition.
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