I Still Believe
Lionsgate | Release Date: March 13, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperApr 2, 2020
Corny? Absolutely. Sincere and spiritual? Yes. Read full review
50
Washington PostMark JenkinsMar 11, 2020
A sort of “Me, God and the Dying Girl,” the movie is well-made (if slow) and features an attractive cast and a lot of amiable (if bland) religious pop-rock. Read full review
50
VarietyJoe LeydonMar 11, 2020
Thanks to the immensely appealing performances by Apa and Robertson, it’s easy for the audience to take a rooting interest in the sometimes awkward, sometimes amusing development of the budding romance between Jeremy and Melissa. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckMar 11, 2020
More often than not, I Still Believe feels like the cinematic equivalent of the sort of Christian pop songs its main character performs, filled with soaring choruses and heavy-handed lyrics. Every emotion is telegraphed to the hilt, with results that feel more manipulative than affecting. The fact that it's a true story only partially mitigates its more cloying aspects. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 11, 2020
A bland tear-jerker that lacks the drama or commitment to wholly come off. Read full review
42
IndieWireDavid EhrlichMar 12, 2020
The power of the Camps’ story is hard to deny, but it would almost be impossible to make it seem more hollow. Read full review
40
TheWrapCarlos AguilarMar 12, 2020
Sunsets, cellphone-lit melancholic music shows, and clichéd references to stars and constellations abound. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKimber MyersMar 12, 2020
Those looking for inspiration will find it without looking too hard, but those who don’t attend church regularly will be as bored as they would be by a sermon. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleSteve DavisMar 11, 2020
Though the movie’s raison d’être is unmistakable from the outset, the most compelling moments come not when God’s name is being invoked out loud and with great frequency, but rather when the loving symbiosis between two young people facing adversity and caring for each other is tenderly communicated without uttering any words, conveyed in something as simple as the direct gaze between two pairs of locked eyes. Now that’s the notion of a higher power in which we can all believe. Read full review
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzMar 12, 2020
As far as the preaching-to-the-choir genre goes, though, I Still Believe is a far more tolerable exercise than, say, last year’s anti-abortion screed "Unplanned" or any recent movie with the word “Heaven” in the title (Heaven Is for Real, Miracles from Heaven). Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubAllison ShoemakerMar 11, 2020
In attempting to tell the story of this young woman’s death — not her life, no time for that either — I Still Believe cheapens it. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleCarla MeyerMar 11, 2020
Melissa is the only fully developed character in an overlong, badly paced film filled with cliched dialogue and accented by pleasant yet forgettable music. Read full review
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