Name: I Can Only Imagine
Genre: Music, Drama
Released: 2018-02-14
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: J. Michael Finley, Madeline Carroll, Dennis Quaid, Trace Adkins, Cloris Leachman

I Can Only Imagine

The song you know. The story you don't.

Growing up in Greenville, Texas, Bart Millard suffers physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his father, Arthur. When Arthur becomes terminally ill, he finds redemption by embracing his faith and rediscovering his love for his son. Years later, Bart's troubled childhood and mended relationship with his dad inspires him to write the hit song "I Can Only Imagine" as singer of the Christian band MercyMe.

MusicDrama

DirectorsAndrew Erwin, Jon Erwin

WritersBrent McCorkle, Jon Erwin, Alex Cramer

StatusReleased

LanguageEnglish

Release DateFebruary 14, 2018

Runtime1h 50m

Budget$7,000,000

Revenue$86,086,881

There-Can-Be-Only-One

@There-Can-Be-Only-One

March 18, 20189/10

*Disclaimer: This isn't any sort of "official" review. This is just one ordinary movie-goer's opinion... Lovely movie. 😊 I honestly wasn't expecting much, but I wanted to support MercyMe, and I always like to throw my support whenever a movie theater plays a good, clean movie like this one. I was actually quite amazed by the production. It had the look of a big budget film (I have no idea how much the budget was), and was lacking the cheese element prevalent in so many Christian movies. It was remarkably well cast, and I was particularly impressed by both guys who played Bart - the 11 year old Bart (Brody Rose), and the teenage/20something Bart (J Michael Finley). I also LOVED Trace Adkins as Brickell. I took my non-believer friend to it, because he likes MercyMe, and has enjoyed Bart's testimonies whenever I've taken him to a concert, and he liked the movie as well. He even teared up, and he is NOT an emotional guy! I cried too, but I'm an emotional girl! 😉 I definitely recommend it. I'm not a person who enjoys going to the movie theater, and usually will only go in special circumstances. I think mainstream America playing a Christian movie in the theater is a special circumstance, and if you want to see more of this happening, I hope you'll go support it.

Simon Foster

@Simon Foster

April 19, 2018

"Though it will never be championed as an insightful work of either religious art or patriarchal psychology, I Can Only Imagine does manage to be a good film about a great song..." Read the full review here: http://screen-space.squarespace.com/reviews/2018/3/23/i-can-only-imagine.html