When I was sent to the maximum-security Colorado Territorial Prison for a crime I could not have committed, a serial killer asked me how I could pray to a God who sent me to my likely death. I replied, "I have faith that He knows what the purpose of this is." Later, he asked why I did not fear him, because all 118 men in cellblock #1 were frightened of him. I smiled and said, "Why should I fear a friend?"
God's power is so great that we are sometimes unable to comprehend His unconditional love for us. And all life is precious in his eyes.
Sarah's Choice is a well scripted movie that underscores the value of life. My own daughter was aborted years ago, and as the father, I had no say in the matter. The baby-killers claim that a woman has a right to here own body but if the unborn child has half my DNA then what rights have I?
Sarah's Choice
2009
Action / Drama
Sarah's Choice
2009
Action / Drama
Plot summary
Sarah Collins is considering an abortion. Before she makes her final decision, she is presented with three visions causing her to think about the impact on her future.
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Sarah Didn't Really Have a Choice
This film is bizarre. It's difficult to talk about the film as a standalone piece when it exists solely as a political talking point. The best way I can describe this film is that there are no real characters, the actors just portray puppets meant to represent certain specific archetypes to help sell a political narrative. As a result, most of the characters are comically one-note.
The writing for this film is strange. There seems to be this impression that there are just as many people telling the main character to have the abortion than to not have it. This is odd as this isn't really something that I can see happening in real life. It's difficult to believe anything in this. There's the implication that having the abortion will lead to the failure of her relationship to an irresponsible guy and that she will never find anyone else ever again and never have the chance to start a family and die alone. That's such a catastrophic way to see things and is in no way even remotely believable to anyone who dedicates, at least, a little thought to it. There's also the implication that the main character's friend, who had an abortion at 16, would have been better off if she had the kid as a teenager rather than not. In what world is a 16 year old better off becoming a parent than graduating high school and college? The way this film is written is so painfully binary that it feels like it is spoon feeding the viewer a pre-digested narrative as simple talking points to be parroted whenever deemed necessary. Even if I agreed with this film's message, I'd feel like it was insulting my intelligence.
The acting is what it is. It's not terrible but it's not that good either. There's a lot of really bad fake crying and some of the line delivery feels like something out of a Neil Breen film.
I noticed some technical errors as well, particularly with the audio. There are times where, when a character shifts position or posture, the mic will become muffled and suffer from proximity effect which gets a little distracting at times, especially if you're listening with headphones.
I refuse to believe that people talk the way the mother in this film does in real life. Even the most devout of Christians, I don't think, would smirk at their own daughter and nonchalantly reprimand them for "living in sin." This film seems to misrepresent everyone, not just the people who don't agree with this film's message, but also the ones who do. People in this film are so invested, personally, in the decision that the main character makes and it is plain silly and so unrealistic- it seems I'm watching a parody than something that is trying to be taken seriously. If this was a parody, it'd probably be a work of genius, but alas, this is a Pure Flix film and it unfortunately is trying to be taken seriously.
I wasn't expecting very much from this film and it didn't disappoint in that regard. Maybe in more capable hands this could have been something profound, but again, this doesn't exist to be a work of art, but just as a political tool and thus, it is what it is.
A cringe-worthy film, full of all of the classic Pure Flix stereotypes.
This movie has all of the one-sided pro-life Christian arguments that one would expect it to have from it's title; and likewise only has the standard stereotypical strawman arguments representing pro-choice positions. (and guilt. so much guilt for sex outside of marriage, and for women who chose to have an abortion)
It also has not a speck of understanding of the concept that most Americans find abortion to be a very complicated issue, full of shades of grey and difficult, challenging, life altering decisions.
Rather than having an honest discussion of the pros-vs-cons of abortion in a realistic manner, cliche, after cliche about how "Trusting in God will make everything work out" is thrown at the audience.
Which if you are this movies target audience (such as the folk who wrote the more positive reviews of this film) will likely be all you want from this movie.
If for whatever reason you seek to watch this movie for other reasons....
(my GF and I watched it with a glass of wine, hoping for a good laugh)
Be prepared to be disappointed.
It's boring, poorly paced, and not even cringy in the "So bad it's good" kind of way.
More the kind of movie that anyone outside of the target audience will have any real reason to value it, or the arguments within.
Some enjoyment of the movie can be made if one has a sufficiently large amount of alcohol, and a few friends, but other than making a drinking game about christian fundamentalist pro-life arguments (take a sip every time they remind you that FETUS is a BABY)
Not much to be had here.
Honestly, it's not the worst drinking game movie I've watched, but it's only "meh" on that account as well.