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I am a Christian. But omg this movie is bad. Like the gas my dog occasionally has bad. Like Bette Midler's "Wing Beneath My Wings" bad. Like Ryan Leaf the NFL QB bad. Like it makes "Plan 9 From Outer Space" look good. I hope I'm not being too subtle about this.

The only people giving this high ratings are the "this aligns with my beliefs, therefore I have to give it a high score!" people. God forbid (pardon the pun) they judge the quality of the movie for its own sake vs the viewpoints it gleefully bludgeons us to death with.

The only possible entertainment value of this is its value as camp material. The only thing missing is Jimmy Swaggart (which is perhaps its only redeeming value).

This is one of those made for TV movies which sadly few people now will probably ever see, and that is quite a shame. No if it was released in theaters, it likely wouldn't have won any Oscars. But it was a very good movie with fine performances by Glaser, Struthers, et al and a well done telling of the Houdini story. God knows it's infinitely better than many, many movies I have seen in theaters (and that won Oscars). If you can somehow find or rent or get a copy of this, do it. If you like Houdini, you won't be disappointed.

Why anyone thinks this drek was worth watching even a bit I'll never know. Like a fool I kept watching, hoping it would get better. It never did. There was nothing interesting or worthwhile about it in any way. The actors were pretty good actually, it's too bad they were given such a pathetic script to work with.