It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

I guess I can't call this film "manipulative," because most people read the plot before seeing it, and know it's a Christian movie that's going to promote the religion. Although the appearance of a few old stars and an Ultimate Fighting star in the cast make you wonder to what degree.The female protagonist looks the part. She has a very wholesome persona. I believe her. The male looks like the quarterback of the football team, not a hockey player. He's too pretty. He looks almost exactly like a young Brat Pack Andrew McCarthy.You've already read the plot. Two college students meet. One's a hockey star and one's writing for the school paper. She wants to do a bio on the athlete, but he's guarding his privacy. They have a little chemistry, but with both going through life crises simultaneously, they never get around to any real romance.I didn't believe that part. Just because she is a Christian does not mean she would not kiss, cuddle, and whatever else. They were two gorgeous young folks in the prime of their life. Christians have relationships.The film is used as a vehicle to either help young folks who are on the fence about their faith, reinforce the faith they already have, or to teach parents, teachers, and clergy how to minister to the "unchurched" or confused.The central conflict is science vs. religion and the centerpiece is a way too long, yet mildly creative lecture done in a planetarium by a group of physics students who want to reconcile the story of creation with science. Why not just forget the movie, and have the whole thing be a youtube lecture? They would save a lot of money.No one mentioned that C. Thomas Howell directed. I generally like him. I didn't know he was a Christian. Well, it was too slow and contrived. The actors while good, showed very little emotion. The worst aspect of the film was a role given to Catherine Hicks.She did show emotion and played an extremely awkward role well.The film makers have contempt for the secular elitists who run the modern universities. So the Hicks character, a PhD academic adviser spews a monologue about the silliness of faith, and how it will block the way to our protagonist finding liberated bliss in the "post modern" world.Even at liberal schools, which is virtually every one, she would probably get fired for that. The girl just sits and listens and doesn't fight back at all. Was she turning the other cheek? I didn't believe that she would remain silent.They have the adviser say all the buzz words that characterize the type of liberal that conservative Christians can't stand. She expresses her excitement about serving the "New World Order," joining the "elite," and moral relativity. This scene was painfully forced. Even the dumbest university liberal egghead would have found a more nuanced way to say all that.My favorite part that made me laugh, was placing a minister, a professor and a hockey player in a shooting range, while they discussed God. They managed to squeeze in God, Guns, Hockey, Weightlifting, Football, and contempt for elite academics in one movie. Ha ha.The best aspect was the acting. Despite the lack of strong emotion, I did feel their pain at times. There is some genuinely good dialogue, but again I think they would have been better off just doing an interesting and informative youtube video, instead of forcing some contrived plot.Or someone could do a video about how the early Christian fathers purposely mistranslated Hebrew in order to prove that the Torah was wrong and the Jews are evil. Read the scriptures. Those points are emphasized on every other page.

It is refreshing to watch a movie with so many positive elements and family values, clean and very entertaining. Needless to say I was at the edge of my seat and will be buying it as soon as it comes out, for 2 reasons, I want to own such a brilliant piece and I want to support the work done by people like these. For me and my family this movie is 2 thumbs up, 5 gold stars, a movie worth watching.Since the evolution theory is so widely accepted but not researched, (at least I know I did not evolved from an ape, neither did my grandparents and ancestors) It is easy to see that we want to question everything and come up with the strangest things when we cannot explain. I read in Readers Digest magazine about how at one point in history Charles Darwin saw an ivy plant on a tree trunk in south America and based on his observation, he thought that the ivy was feeding from the trunk, thing that of course was inaccurate, proving that Charles Darwin, as human that he was made mistakes too.

Entering the theater, I expected the typical 'religious' film, but I was pleasantly surprised with The Genesis Code. Exposed to Young Earth Creationism in college, I expected a thread-bare story revolving around the usual anti-evolution diatribe. But it was not. Intricately woven together, three plots unfolded involving well-developed characters. The science-religion synthesis, which many anti-religious bigots may howl about, was thoughtfully also presented so as not to paint one side or the other as absurd and inferior. The intolerant persons alluded to above, will, no doubt, make much noise if their preferred doctrine isn't raised to the level of almighty law and fact. It is the squeaky wheel that gets the most attention. The movie took me back to my teenage years when I, too, had to struggle with this question. It was also refreshing to see in the movie, that even in regards to this controversial topic/plot, that all characters involved were cordial and civil toward one another. Sadly, this often isn't the case in the real world. It is nice to see it portrayed how it should be. I went twice to see this movie and am waiting to purchase the DVD when it becomes available.

I saw Genesis Code in Grand Rapids. Bravo! I didn't expect the story within the story of Blake's heartache regarding his mom. I used tissue at least twice during the movie. Reconciling faith with disappointment, and unanswered prayer can be a bigger deal than the science issue. Blake's acting was superb and realistic as he dealt with what life was throwing at him. I really enjoyed how typical stereotypes weren't used of believers and non-believers. We also recommended it to our adult children and many friends at our church. I found it quite interesting that in conversation how many times I referenced The Genesis Code in the days that followed watching it. The students were endearing, especially Shane and Tyler. Story and lines were not predictable as in many Christian movies. I highly recommend this movie!