Billy: The Early Years

My impression is that the content is accurate, but the feel is generally flippant and energy-less, and to me it doesn't provide an accurate feel for the man, such that you are left wondering why he was made the youngest president of the Bible College - this tells you he must have had something powerful about him, which the film doesn't convey. When Charles says he is the most sincere honest person, again you feel confused, because the film has never portrayed that, but made you feel the opposite about him. He starts to get his energy in the very last frames, but then the movie ends - I think it would have been appropriate to extend that to show something solid about the character he certainly became so that that is remembered (I've listened to various documentaries about him; and I'm not a christian), but you're left without that: just (as mentioned) this feature-length rather flippant, energy-less film, without any feeling of conflicts except in a single brief scene. Verdict: interesting, but doesn't seem to convey his character well or why he is held to be a giant by so many people.