Director
Perry Lang
(MEN OF WAR)

Stars
Brenton Thwaites and David Strathairn

This faith-based drama and Giving Films production will have 100% of profits received donated to organisations supporting foster care, mental health services, and veterans. Shot entirely on location in New York City, this first feature length movie in twenty-three years from director Perry Lang is about a young journalist at the beginning of his career who is offered three separate interviews with a mysterious stranger that claims to be God. Aussie actor Brenton Thwaites – best known from TV series Home and Away, GODS OF EGYPT and PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES – plays the young journalist and married man, Paul, who has recently returned from Afghanistan where he was covering the war to a marriage that’s on the rocks. As Paul fires some early questions God‘s way during their first interview, he quickly realises that the answers he is seeking will challenge his own faith as conversation becomes more personal than he anticipated.

The premise in discussion is certainly a thought worth entertaining, but is by no means a light or straightforward subject to tackle. AN INTERVIEW WITH GOD addresses its topic with the intention to provoke thought that will receive a mixed reception for various reasons. As a Christian film, audiences who belong to this faith are likely to have the strongest reaction to particular content and may find themselves challenged by the script’s somewhat more liberal and modern way of thinking. For most others, the supply of lengthy exchanges of dialogue between Paul and God falls short in fulfilling the demand for depth and clarity in thoughts being provoked. The duo’s meetings do engage more than they don’t, but with no effort being made to enhance what the camera is observing, the film has a tendency to become quite dull when interest levels drop off. Another component that contributes to maintaining viewers’ attention is the solid work from Brenton Thwaites and David Strathairn, who thankfully occupy much more screen time than their wooden support cast. This film’s conclusion is susceptible of making some form of impact, however the narrative doesn’t conclude or satisfyingly develop some of its sub-plots. It also offers unimaginative answers to certain questions that while perhaps are true, don’t wholly (or holy!) satisfy. Nonetheless, AN INTERVIEW WITH GOD does just enough to warrant a pass mark.

3 stars

Viewer Discretion
PG (Mild themes and coarse language)

Trailer
AN INTERVIEW WITH GOD

Moviedoc thanks Rialto Distribution and Annette Smith for the opportunity to the watch and review this film.

Review by Leigh for Moviedoc
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