Plot Summary
Back in the Dark Ages of Christian film, when David A. R. White was a fresh new face on the scene and when the Christiano brothers competed with Bob Jones University and WorldWide Pictures for control of the market, this movie was borne. Depicting the iconic struggles of a perfect Christian teenager in an evil fallen high school world, Second Glance has been called ‘the best Christian film ever’ by dubious critics. This teen feels like he’s not making any difference at all, so he wishes the unthinkable—that he wasn’t a Christian anymore. He wakes up with this wish come true, so guided by a creepy angel, he is forced to take a second glance at his life.
Production Quality (0 points)
In this barely one-hour length extended short film, production errors are aplenty. Camera work is bad, including a lot of awkward tight shots, and video quality is very poor. The audio quality is replete with background noises that often drown out dialogue. Also, a stupid soundtrack blares constantly. The sets and locations are severely limited, and characters are awkwardly placed in them. Editing is virtually nonexistent, since they basically cut nothing from this film. They needed all the wasted time they could get to stretch this glorified skit into an hour-long ‘movie’. In short, there is nothing positive to highlight here.
Plot and Storyline Quality (0 points)
This movie might as well be called Randy’s Party, because that’s the focal point of the entire plot. This illustrious event, and that creepy King-James-Version-only angel that keeps following David A. R. White around are the highlights of the film. In this character-based coming-of-age biopic, the characters are extremely shallow. The high school kid White plays is extremely perfect and holds his universe together while everyone else is either beholden to his wisdom, neutral, or obviously wicked. This makes the entire premise of this film absurd and unrealistic. The dialogue that can be discerned is uninspiring. There’s really nothing else to say here except that this It’s a Wonderful Life plot concept has been thoroughly worn out at this point. Next time, please think through your idea before forcing it to happen.
Acting Quality (0 points)
As previously mentioned, easily half the lines are unable to be deciphered, partially because of background noises and partially due to mumbled delivery. Emotions are awkwardly delivered, as with most things involving David A. R. White. Behavior is extremely obvious and forced, trying to drive home concepts that should be subtle (gee, that sounds familiar). As with everything else in this film, there is nothing good to note here.
Conclusion
This is such a half-baked idea that it doesn’t even warrant creation. Couldn’t they have just dumped this one in the early stages? But no, Christian movies must be made at all costs! If you stand in the way, you are a persecutory extremist humanist atheist propaganda machine bent on controlling the minds of children. The world in this movie is portrayed as very bad and oppressive to Christians (an early David A. R. White concept), and Christians must stand up against it or something. Second Glance could almost be a prequel to Holyman Undercover. There is really nothing learned from this work, so unless you just want to watch the infamous final scene (depicted above), don’t waste your time.
Final Rating: 0 out of 10 points
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