Film Review – Jesus Revolution

“Jesus Revolution” is something of a bio-pic for Greg Laurie, an Evangelical Baptist pastor with a megachurch reach, who’s spent most of his life preaching to the masses, writing books, and selling the power of God to his followers. He’s a somewhat controversial figure, but the movie doesn’t deal with that, exploring his formative years as a lost soul looking to find focus in his life, making his way to the healing powers of organized religion. Directors Jon Erwin (“October Baby,” “I Can Only Imagine”) and Brent McCorkle (“Unconditional”) have a lot of experience when it comes to creating message-minded entertainment, and they work to amplify Laurie’s life story with all the usual presentations of confusion and forgiveness. “Jesus Revolution” definitely has a story to share about the birth of the “Jesus Movement” in the late 1960s, but missing from the endeavor is pace and grit, with the helmers sanding down rough edges of behavior to preserve the accessibility of the feature and its message of faith. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com