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Christians will get it. They will understand that the subplots, twists and turns of life are intricately woven into a careful masterpiece that we call life. When we went into the theater, I was not anticipating much. Based on other movies that do not connect multi-plots well, I decided this would be a "feel good" story that would relay a good message to the youth group I was with. Thankfully, and much to my surprise, I was wrong. The movie was seamlessly interactive. The characters were developed well enough to convey an "everyman" message, about people from all walks of life and how we can all affect one another, in a positive or negative way.

The movie is not about winning an Oscar, it is about winning people over, by providing hope with inspiration for all to change for the betterment of all humanity.

An amazing story of home and redemption in a time when the world is flooded with media images of disaster and destruction. While the story line has some Christian bible derived items, and tells of an amazing journey of faith, it is still a fictional work and not to be thought of as a bibical prediction of the end of the world. The soundtrack of the movie is a must have. The music is perfectly matched to the movie and inspiring. If you are looking for a Christian friendly movie, then this is it. If you are looking for the glitz and glam of Hollywood, then this is not your movie. This is not a movie for critics. This movie is about faith and spirituality, not camera angles and things being "normal". The acting in the movie is realistic and true. The nature scenes are beautiful. This movie may be to dramatic for immature or young audiences without bibical explanation.

Trading spouses is a mediocre attempt at recreating the exciting "Wife Swap" show. Though I don't like the title of either, I do enjoy watching the dilemmas unfold. The title is misleading - it sounds like a swinger show, which is the reason it took me so long to watch it. I only watched it after a friend explained that it was not about sex. Another problem with Trading Spouses, the one I watched had 10 minutes "getting to know" the prima donna real estate agent that was being traded with. She was obnoxious, had loose morals and she was very rude. Two or three minutes TOP would have been enough to learn about each person that was switching. The show seemed to draw out single individual incidents rather than show a variety of daily living action shots. Friday night is not a good time slot for this show. A better time slot would be 9pm Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. I probably will not watch this show again.