Plot Summary
Sam, Jamal, and Frankie are usually up to no good as they wander around the country, hopping from one money-making scheme to another. However, they end up stuck in a small town in the Midwest when they get on the wrong side of the local law enforcement. When they are about to be sentenced by the local judge, the local powerful businessman steps in to save them—in exchange for their services as his puppet pastors of the local church. All they have to do is please the congregation and collect enough money for a month, and then they can be on their way. However, things never really work out that simply in forced comedy films.
Production Quality (2.5 points)
Surprisingly, 3 Blind Saints has a considerably good production, especially for a film with a digit in the title. It checks all the right boxes, including video quality, camera work, lighting, and audio quality. The soundtrack is as goofy as can be expected, and sets, locations, and props are mostly standard. The editing is minorly choppy, but on the whole, this is a high quality production on paper, which garners a substantial amount of points.
Plot and Storyline Quality (-1 points)
Talk abut checking all the boxes—3 Blind Saints fulfills basically every criterion of a cheesy and predictable comedy premise that involves a collection of troubled non-Christian characters who are forced to lead a church, even though they have no idea what they are doing. There is nothing new or creative about this idea, and this story rushes by so quickly that it seems like the writers are trolling. The comedy therein is very forced and zany, including off-the-wall jokes, dialogue, and displays of idiocy. As previously mentioned, the plot progression is so steep that it sometimes makes fun of itself as it hits all of the typical plot points, including a cheesy romantic subplot, an inclusion of goofy locals, and a quick turnaround of the troubled protagonists. This goes without mentioning the generally childish feel to the film, as well as the shallow Christianity and the bizarre portrayal of God. Some sequences come off like Mel Gibson’s acid trips, thus warranting some negative points for this section.
Acting Quality (1.5 points)
This cast seems to be in on the trolling as they act over the top and try way too hard to be funny. There is, however, untapped potential with some of the cast members, and there are also a handful of good moments that keep this section from being useless. However, for the most part, emotions and behaviors are overplayed and mostly annoying.
Conclusion
3 Blind Saints feels like a cheap attempt to get some attention from the Christian audience. It can almost be passed off as a big joke, but it bears too close of a resemblance to some Christian movies that are supposed to be serious. Whatever the creators of this film were going for, they mostly failed—perhaps on purpose. Either way, it’s really quite pointless.
Final Rating: 3 out of 10 points
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