The movie seeks to boost its credibility with an authentic grittiness, and all forms of human depravity are on display, some of them quite graphic. I certainly can’t recommend taking children or teenagers. Though Redeeming Love is relatively well made, not every Christian should see it. The dialogue was only occasionally heavy-handed, and I found myself pleasantly surprised at the acting, despite Lewis’ delivery suggesting a Matthew McConaughey impersonation. Caruso does solid work, but the movie probably needed to be 20 minutes shorter. The sets, costuming, and cinematography were all quite good.

The film boasts production values higher than those typically seen in faith-based movies. On the other hand, Redeeming Love still has some problems. On the one hand, the film feels like a step forward for faith-based entertainment reaching a mainstream audience. Angel struggles to believe she’s worthy of love and abandons Michael more than once. She initially rebuffs his proposal, but in the end she agrees to marry him and move to his farm 20 miles away.

Michael pays double to buy Angel’s time, but he just wants to talk. And just like Hosea in the Bible, Michael decides God wants him to marry the prostitute. Tom Lewis, in his first feature film, plays Michael Hosea, a farmer who relies on his Christian principles. She’s so popular the brothel holds a lottery each day to see who will get the chance to hire her. Devoted fans of the book will probably enjoy this faith-based film, but everyone else can safely give it a pass.Īngel, played by Abigail Cowen, is the prettiest prostitute in a small mining town called Pair-A-Dice. Redeeming Love, currently in theaters, is a faithful adaptation of the 1991 romance novel of the same name by Francine Rivers in which she retells the Biblical story of Hosea, setting it during the California Gold Rush.

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