The Sobbing Stone

I am very pleased I went Gardels had great food and The Sobbing Stone was very good once you start watching it you can't stop ...I enjoyed the low budget film exp ...and even forgot that it was a small film budget I had heard the film was cast 3 times in the audience during filming , I could tell there was some kind of strange editing but all in all very entertaining I liked the Character Michael and The Prof I am sure this film has a place. I hope everyone can get a chance to watch it or pick it up somewhere I know I sat with 200 people that night it showed in Baltimore MD and the crowd seemed to be glued to every word although I am not much on that type of film I enjoyed it Great Job RC Features and all the local actors in that area

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As an enthusiast of independent films, I applaud the Sobbing Stone for it's originality and spirit. After viewing this work it was encouraging to know there are filmmakers out there willing to risk public scrutiny and undue criticism for their endeavors in spiritual matters. Although the film was a bit slow in the beginning the pace seemed to pick up soon after and, when the story did begin to unfold, we were treated to some fine performances and storytelling. I will encourage others to view the Sobbing Stone if anything for it's unabashed commitment and willingness to be an original work with fine storytelling. I'm sure the director has a place in the entertainment industry. There is a great void in Hollywood for this kind of material and it seems there are productions stepping up to the plate.

This film is amazingly incompetent at being a film. It feels like someone confused an internet argument between an atheist and a Christian for a film script, then filled in the gaps with stock sound effects. For a film that seems to be intended to defend Christianity against criticisms, it does nothing but attempt to pander to existing Christians, while accidentally raising some interesting points against Christianity, or at least certain particularly vocal Christians.

The film barely has a plot at all. There is no real character development, nothing really happens. In a way it's a genius piece of art, because it gets people to sit down to watch other people sit down and listen to a rock. The basic premise of a stone producing sounds could have made an interesting film, but instead it becomes a subplot to the main focus of this film: an atheist spontaneously abusing a Christian for being a Christian. Even then, the stone plot ends with a nonsensical non-twist, in which the historical inaccuracies are more entertaining than the actual plot. There's one other subplot about the professor's family, but that somehow makes just as little sense.

All in all, a terrible film. Still, it's so bad you can actually laugh at it, rather than being completely dull or just offensive, like an Adam Sandler film. Watch it, IF YOU CAN!

i watched the sobbing stone with my wife on the last weekend of April 2006. i read a review in christianfilmworks magazine. it caught my interest, so i contacted Mr.Christie and asked him if he would be willing to trade one of his movies for mine. i do trade a lot instead of buying, i'm no fun films. he was very friendly and sent me the trade right away. this impressed me right away, first that he was not stuck on himself, and that he was humble. so we watched it and enjoyed it very much. we give it two thumbs up! for a low budget movie we were very impressed. the ending was the only weak part, not bad, when i say weak it is not a criticism, because this was a hard movie to wrap up. i may have tried it differently. but that is me. Mr. Christie definitely gets top score on this film for doing so much with so little. Aaron

Contrary to some people's feelings on the film, I found Sobbing Stone to be quite a fascinating concept. If there was a lack of understanding to the plot, it came from a lack of attention span. It was pretty clear cut.

I always like to believe that I would have tried to stop Jesus from being crucified but in actuality, who knows? I could have been just as bad as the rest of the mob that was there.

As for the look of the film, I thought that the environment looked dark but considering the nature of the film, I thought it was appropriate.

Robert Christie did a phenomenal job with the budget that he had to work with and I would be very impressed if anyone could have done what he did with this film.

There is always room for growth in the entertainment industry and I think Robert just took a big step forward.