Plot Summary
Corey Montgomery must live every day with sickle cell anemia and even face stigma for it. But he feels like he has a chance to live a normal life when he receives word of a possible but risky cure to his disease. As he continues to hide his disease from some, he tries to convince his mother to try to cure, even though her friends are skeptical of it. In the end, they will all have to learn to walk by faith.
Production Quality (0 points)
From start the finish, the production of Walk By Faith is generally horrible. Video quality is underwhelming and camera work is very shaky. A lot of the shots are very tight to hide a lack of extras and resources. The audio is most often overdubbed due to lack of proper equipment—the scenes that due have live audio recording are full of outside sounds. The soundtrack is also very loud and annoying. Many of the scenes look like they only contain one character talking to the air, and the sets and locations therein are extremely limited. As for the editing, the transitions are very choppy and there are quite a few continuity errors. In summary, due to lack of funding, resources, and general expertise, this production contains so many errors that its creation must be questioned.
Plot and Storyline Quality (0 points)
It’s very difficult to determine what message the writers of this film are trying to convey. Sometimes they attempt to create a bizarre dichotomy of persecution between Christians who are for and against technology and medical advances. They also sometimes advocate for ‘faith healing’ but other times they do not. Thus, the story constantly sends mixed messages of what they actually believe and what they think other people should do in this situation. The plot is almost non-existent as this is just a random collection of useless scenes that are constantly obsessed with talking about sickle-cell anemia without even trying to develop any of the characters. Literally nothing happens throughout except for a bunch of unusual and hard-to-follow conversations that do nothing to build up the characters or the subplots. Also, the ending makes no sense. Basically, it’s very hard to grasp what the motivation behind making this film was.
Acting Quality (0 points)
As a small and inexperienced cast, these cast members were in severe need of coaching. However, this was not present, thus causing line delivery to be very stilted and measured. The overdubbed lines wreak havoc on everything. Also, emotions are very awkward and ingenuine. Unfortunately, from start to finish, this film is an absolute train wreck.
Conclusion
It’s one thing to want to create a movie depicting the struggles of people with chronic illnesses, but this is absolutely not the way. No attempts were made to make these people seem remotely realistic or accessible. What is the point to giving screen time to obscure and bizarre worldviews or toying with their ideas without actually advocating for them? In the end, the funding for this film should have been saved for another effort because it was certainly wasted here.
Final Rating: 0 out of 10 points
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