Loving the Bad Man DVD

Loving the Bad Man - DVD – Dawn S, 04/02/2013
On a purely technical level, I would give this movie a 3 but it touched me so much I wanted to give it a 5, so 4 is my compromise. Arturo Fernandez (Rossi) did such an excellent job as the bad man rapist, Michael. His drunken rage and hopelessness the night of the crime, his anger and disbelief when Julie shows up at the prison with their baby, and his guilty joy when he realizes the horror of what he did but that it somehow brought him the most beautiful relationship in his life were all amazing performances. Don't get me wrong, this is a Christian friendship love, not a romantic love. But he was a lost and lonely man and he was introduced to Jesus by the most unlikely source, his victim. The other actors in the prison scenes were all also excellent. I particularly liked Pedro Moreno's performance as Manny. Stephen Baldwin did an excellent job but his part, while important, is not that large. I thought the musical score was too loud, cloying, and a little too obvious. Many of the songs could have been playing softly in the background rather than loudly blasted in a choppy way between action scenes. The weakest link was Christine Kelly who played Julie. I can not just blame the writing although they did make her almost a caricature of a young Christian woman. We never got to see her depression or her grieving process as she worked towards what she had to do. And I do not believe Miss Kelly can act well enough to cry on demand. Unfortunately, this story should have had a lot of tears. They had her wipe her face a lot but she never believably cried.When Michael apologizes to her father, you see a tear slip but even then I think it was just drops and not realistic at all. Even when reading the final letter, her voice only cracked a little at the end. Where were her emotions? The best I can see about her is she is a very beautiful woman. I hope her acting improves. More importantly, I hope all these actors are Christians in real life like Stephen Baldwin because that would comfort me a lot. I can overlook a lot of production values for believers' best efforts. Regarding the message, I have experienced horrible things in my own life and I know from personal experience, hate uses up a lot of energy. A person needs to go through the grieving process but ultimately when you refuse to forgive, you make yourself pay the price emotionally. So for me, this is ultimately a wise and believable story even if the emotional details were skipped.

Loving the Bad Man - DVD – Benjamen A, 02/19/2013
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Loving the Bad Man - DVD – Jeremy S, 01/18/2013
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Loving the Bad Man - DVD – William R, 01/11/2013
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Loving the Bad Man - DVD – Rigoberto S, 12/23/2012
this movie was very powerful, the kind of power that helps Christian folks like me move in their faith. one reviewer said that I like movies that are close to being realistic and this one is close but reality to me this would not happen often this statement is what wrong with Christianity but hopefully this movie will inspire folks to move and do what our King Yeshua taught. i think its the best Stephen Baldwin movie ever made, secular or Christian.

Loving the Bad Man - DVD – Joe St J, 12/15/2012
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Loving the Bad Man - DVD – James R, 12/08/2012
Very emotional, heart pounding, sad movie! You definitly have to be in the mood to watch this. You leave watching the movie kinda sad. Good movie though, with some good acting! Glad to people praying to the Lord and reading the bible!

Loving the Bad Man - DVD – Debbie G, 12/08/2012
The story is great and I think that a lot of the points were valid and the Body of Christ needs to hear this message. Unfortunately the acting and film is about the same as most Christian movies. Kind of a B movie but still worth the watch.

Good Christian values!

Loving the Bad Man - DVD – Melissa B, 11/30/2012
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Loving the Bad Man - DVD – Stan H, 11/13/2012
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