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Scotty McClenahan (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) returns home as a war hero. He does not appreciate the publicity and hates all the attention.

I don't know where the comedy is or where the tension would be coming from. Maybe I'm in a mood, but I don't see the humor. As for the drama, there is simply no tension for me. It is what he signed up for, no matter how reluctantly. There is no villain. I expected a stalker at least. The phrase, first world problem, do pop up. It's either that or self-inflicted problems. There is an interesting idea somewhere in this. I'm just not feeling it.

Nicolas Cage plays the father to a Christ-like boy (Noah Jupe). Nicolas Cage has built up a certain non-serious reputation recently. He is definitely being serious here. This is a serious religious movie about a young Jesus although I don't think that the main characters get named. I know that the Bible doesn't have any stories about the pre-adult and post-baby Jesus. It doesn't mean that one can write whatever one wants. There are still parameters. I'm also sure that some of the most devoted would see any depiction as blasphemy. While this film may be serious, it does not excuse some of the issues of story telling. Maybe this would be better as a film about Joseph.