The Shack

GOOD FOR PERSONAL GROWTH. HEALING BOTH EMOTIONALLY AND SPIRITUALLY.

I wish the whole world would watch this movie!!

Such a good portrayal of how our relationship should be with the God the father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit.

The Shack This good hearted and spiritual movie is rated with nearly a whopping 5 stars. So unusual for this kind of movie. So I just had to check it out. After watching it - This little sleeper amazingly deserves it! It starts out like a nice calm drive through the neighborhood, then it turns the spiritual corner onto faster traffic. The speed increase forces you to start spiritually hanging on tighter (paying attention). Then, before youre ready, it pulls you onto an unassuming freeway on-ramp. Youll find yourself spiritually holding on even tighter out of fear and tragedy. Then, before you know it, youll find yourself uncomfortably white knuckling it at 100 miles an hour until it abruptly starts slowing down towards an off ramp. Youll feel relieved things are slowing down - just to catch your breath. At the end, it parks you at a beautiful quiet place where you cant help but reflect on the journey you just had. A must watch for All Believers (And Nonbelievers). Thank God for such an inspirational movie!

It’s a great movie based on a great book. SPOILER ALERT/TRIGGER WARNING: the little girl is raped and killed in the beginning of the movie. You don’t see any of the violence but if this is a trigger for you don’t watch this movie. The movie is about the family’s (especially the dad’s struggle with the loss and the guilt. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Wonderful movie and music.

At first I thought this was going to be one of those ultra-Christian B Movies...knowing nothing about the book or the cast. But, to my delight, it certainly is not either a B movie, nor dogmatic. Yes, it contains many references to mainstream Christian theology, but it also has just as many elements that suggest a very diverse spiritual approach to understanding God. What a great story, and told with such a high purpose that it transcends the story altogether. The cast is wonderful. Sam Worthington (Pandora), Olivia Spencer (The Help, Hidden Figures), and narrator/best friend,Tim McGraw who delivers a surprisingly good performance. Papa is the storys nickname for God and is charmingly portrayed by both Spencer and later, changing disguises, more seriously by the great Graham Green. Tim McGraw and Faith Hill also co-wrote and performed one of the best movie songs Ive heard in years. The film watcher may miss some of the dialogue which delivers the straight-to-the-point theology that drive the movies messages--I turned on the English subtitles and it helped a lot. Ive yet to read the book, but it will soon grace my kindle app. Because...this story is chock full of incredibly accurate true things about the way life and love actually work to our good. Even through the blackest tragedies; maybe even because of the hardships we all encounter. There are a couple of slightly cheesy moments, that I ever so slightly cringed at during my first viewing (I watched it four times in two days), but in the end I came to love those scenes. I gave it an extra star for its very accessible treatment of the importance of trust and forgiveness in real healing. The kind that heals the world.

The movie helps explain certain facts about our Creator.

After I read the book 4 or 5 years ago, I hoped that this would someday be made into a movie so that the message of forgiveness, redemption, and His love so deep and awesome could be shared with millions more. (Too few people read a good book or The Good Book anymore.) When I heard the movie had been made, I waited to see it so that I could first let go of a bias I had that made me assume the movie would not do the book justice. Aside from a few details throughout the story, which the book went into more depth to develop and a couple a deviations in the movie compared to the book, the message of this story in both publications was spot-on the same. I only wish the actor that played the Son looked more like how He was described in the book, which was taken from the description given to us in Isaiah 53:2, and not the handsome man that played Him in the movie. I knew the Holy Spirit was going to be a challenging role to fill, given the books description as One more ethereal and not of solid bodily form. However, the movie did well to cast a shimmering light about the actress at times so I give it a pass. As for the one that played God, there isnt an actress alive today that could have filled this role better or aligned more perfectly with how the book described Him. The only major story line piece missing from the movie was when Mack (after his car accident at the end) directed authorities to the cave where they would find the remains of his daughter. Watch the movie. Read the book. You will love them both.

This movie is surprisingly relevant to me in many ways. It caused me to question my perspective and take a closer look at my belief system. Inspiring and creative. For anyone who has lost a loved one and questioned God there will be tears of sadness and tears of joy. If you long to live a joyful life and have a deep sadness I pray for God to bring you healing and joy through forgiveness and a nearer walk with Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit. The Shack is a story of Gods desire to love and be His children.