Courageous Love

Plot: A 30 something, whiny artist (Jared Withrow) and sister inherit the family business after their parent's sudden death. Jared and other executives of Shelby Engineering make terrible business decisions. Combine that with an employee and mobster who are sabatoging the company. Jared meets an office manager (Jessica Koloian), and they fall in love. Jessica is an idealized Christian single young woman. She rehabilitates everyone she comes into contact with. By the end of the movie, you'll laugh, you'll cry, and you leave feeling encouraged. And a surprise twist of beating the odds and coming out on top.

My wife gave the movie 4/10, but I'm a sucker for cheesy, romantic movies. My favorite part was the video with the Shelby parent's. Terrible production quality, but that's what they were going for. It was so funny, I couldn't stop laughing. The reason it lost a point (9/10 vs 10/10) was because of 2 things: 1) the movie tried to do too much. Too many side stories that really didn't weave together very well, and 2) the casting of all side characters was pretty weak. Give this one a chance! You won't be disappointed.

I fully agree with other one star reviews. Found myself wishing this was a Hallmark production where their best have good acting, decent script, direction, editing and a semblance of reality. The two evil doers look like mobsters kidnapped off the streets. The love story somewhere off the screen. Scenes are tacked together foolishly. The religious theme was light and not a deal breaker whilst everything else was! Ex. His love interest sees him in a restaurant at a table with a woman. The are not kissing, flirting, holding hands etc. Nada. Yet she assume he's dating this 'other' woman without so much as asking him about her. Nonsensical.

Don't pay mind to the negative reviews, unless CGI is the only reason you like a movie. This is a nice love story, suitable for family viewing. Great acting, great music, great directing. I highly recommend.

Problem with focusing on religion is that fundamentals like writing and acting are a low priority. As others have said, this may be some of the worst acting you'll ever see on screen. Combined with bad writing and direction this film is a disaster. I dare you to watch more than 10 minutes.

Absolutely loved this movie. Great family movie written well and not afraid to recognize God is the center of it all. A must see movie.