Movie Review: Milltown Pride - VOD - Just Added
By Mason Goodknight January 14th, 2012
Do you like baseball movies? Do you like Christian films that are not just clean or family friendly but actually tackle tough subjects in a biblical manner? Well you’ll probably like “Milltown Pride”. Think of it as a low budget Christian version of “The Natural” with Robert Redford. OK so maybe that’s a stretch. It is a turn of the century baseball movie with a kid who has a natural talent for baseball. Rather a God given gift.
Will is the “Town Boy” from the right side of the rail road tracks who joins a mill baseball team from the other side of the tracks in hopes of catching the eye of a big league scout. Will is raised in a Christian home and always considered himself a Christian. Yet when the famous Billy Sunday comes to town he begins to recognize that maybe he’s not sure about his Christianity.
This movie contains a love story as well as other side issues. Some big ones are false conversion/false Christians, alcohol and prohibition, lying, and friendship. Each topic is handled pretty well. That is to say they were pretty biblically well handled. I especially like how they showed that while alcoholism is wrong, Proibition was not a “biblical” answer to the problem.
I really enjoyed the sermon delivered by the Billy Sunday character. He called people to turn from sin and follow Christ. I believe Billy probably would have just told people to repent back then, yet with even much of the American church sadly ignorant of the term it was good that he spelled it out for the film. Billy was passionate but not throwing Hellfire and brimstone! All in all it was a good Gospel presentation. Overall the film did a good job presenting solid biblical relationships and theology without getting preachy.
You might see this as a film like something Sherwood Pictures would have made(Fireproof, Facing the Giants, etc.)yet without the polish. Overall a good and safe family film. God bless!
Trailer –> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWNRWEWLXYY
Tags: baseball, Facing the Giants, Robert Redford, Sherwood Pictures, The Natural
January 14th, 2012 at 12:38 am
Thanks for the heads-up and review, Mason! I retired in 2007 after working 25 years at Home Sweet Home, a local rescue mission that was founded in 1917. Its founder, Billy Shelper, had responded to an alter call at a Billy Sunday crusade, then was inspired to start the Home Sweet Home ministry. God used that Billy Sunday sermon to change the directiono f Billy Shelper’s life, and the ministry he started has touched many, many lives since. I’ll have to watch this movie to see how Billy Sunday was depicted in it.
January 23rd, 2012 at 11:10 am
looking forward to what you share.
February 2nd, 2012 at 10:24 am
I really liked your article.Really looking forward to read more. Really Great.