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I Can Only Imagine
The inspiring and unknown true story behind MercyMe's beloved, chart topping song that brings ultimate hope to so many is a gripping reminder of the power of true forgiveness.
7 May 1986, Orange, New South Wales, Australia
13 January 1962, Springhill, Louisiana, USA
31 December 1974, Dallas, Texas, USA
3 June 1956, St. Charles, Minnesota, USA
March 21, 2018
It shattered expectations with $17.1 million opening weekend nation wide, is Roadside Attractions highest theatrical debut with #1 Per-Screen Average (More than $3K above Black Panther, has a lot going for it.
March 21, 2018
Over the last few years, the quality of faith-based movies has continued to improve. And here's another good one. I Can Only Imagine...is watchable and uplifting.
March 16, 2018
Why is the movie made from a universally healing single such an earnest, awkward dud? Well, partly because the movie can't settle on what's more important, the family stuff or the ascension of the song as a fame-inducing anthem.
March 19, 2018
This moving faith-based musical biopic of the smash song hits all the right notes.
March 22, 2018
Though it will never be championed as an insightful work of either religious art or patriarchal psychology, I Can Only Imagine does manage to be a good film about a great song.
March 20, 2018
You don't have to be a hardcore Christian music fan to enjoy I Can Only Imagine, but it definitely helps.
March 18, 2018
The movie works for the same reason the song does: It lightens the burden of the pain people are shouldering today, and gives them something to look forward to.
March 21, 2018
As entertaining as it is uplifting. Actor J. Michael Finley makes a winning debut .
March 28, 2018
I Can Only Imagine is a timely release for this Easter, delicately balancing the need to bring out the importance of forgiveness without being too evangelical.
March 16, 2018
This is an interesting idea, executed with a reductive, tin-eared understanding of what constitutes art to go along with a faith-based movie's reductive, tin-eared understanding of what constitutes entertainment.
March 21, 2018
Art can be affirmation, but affirmation cannot be art.
March 16, 2018
Like so many faith-based efforts, I Can Only Imagine suffers from a terminal case of self-importance.