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2023 · drama · history · political

Jesus Revolution

Directed by Brent McCorkle, Jon Erwin2h 0m2023

In the 1970s, aimless teenager Greg Laurie searches for all the right things in all the wrong places until he meets Lonnie Frisbee, a charismatic hippie/street preacher. Together with local pastor Chuck Smith, they open the doors of a languishing church to an unexpected revival.

Our read: Jesus Revolution (2023) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded drama · history · political entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.

Movie DNA

Cosy, kinetic, gentle drama / history, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.

ElsewhereIMDb7.116kRT54%Metacritic46
  • cosy
  • brisk
  • gentle
  • redemptive
  • tender
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DNA · twelve axes

How Jesus Revolution feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want a polished faith biopic about the 1970s Jesus Movement in California.”

ends upliftingyou’ll feel glowing aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 12attention 3/5feels its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-updrug use

Skip it tonight — You dislike Christian inspirational films or hippie-era drug culture on screen.

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