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Rating:  - Great movie - and NOT just for strong Christians
This movie revolves around 2 ministers who grew up (and still live in) in very different worlds. Forced to work together, they eventually find that they aren't that different after all.
As many people have said, there is cussing in this movie. That is reality - especially in certain neighborhoods. The important thing in this movie is its messages.
One of the things that I have always liked about Micheal W. Smith's music is that it gets its point across about living a good and positive life, without using too much rhetoric and preaching. In doing so, Michael relates his message to many more people. In my opinion, this is true of this movie as well.
Rating:  - Social Comentary
This movie explores today's racial and economic divides in religious settings. In today's Politically correct world we like to think they do not exist, but they do. This movie has an underlying theme of reconciliation. You cannot solve problems by just throwing money at them. You need to be involved in order to understand one another and grow. Thereby being able to use whatever strengths you have to aid your community.
The storyline shows a pastor of a large suburban mega church and a pastor who preaches to gang members, teen mothers and drug addicts, are suddenly thrown together in a tough neighborhood and forced to work together. Both pastors, as well as other characters in this movie, go through significant changes as they over come their prejudices and learn from one another. These Pastors also have to overcome character flaws that you do not expect to find in a Pastor.
Both pastors, along with the founding pastor, in the movie end up growing from this experience and seem to remember that they needed to follow Christ's plan and not their own. They end up doing the right thing instead of working for the money. In essence giving everyone a second chance. A bold movie for a first time director to attempt to show what some modern day churches and communities are facing.
Rating:  - Second Chance Review
The Second Chance gives an interesting view of the Church in America today. A mega-church being operated as a business loses all sense of reality of what a church is and does. The pastor and his son are rudely awakened by the actions of one of their mission church projects whose pastor see a widening divide between business-minded church leaders and the needs of the people who are the Church. Discipline turns into discipleship as the pastor's son faces ministry one on one as Jesus did.
Rating: - The Second Chance
This is a really great movie. It should be viewed by everyone, to give them hope and trust in mankind.
Rating:  - What were they thinking?
The story in this movie needs to be told. Unfortunately they attempted to be just like mainstream productions and interjected several UNNECESSARY curses. I am involved with several grass roots programs that are trying to make a point to the mainstream media that worthwhile movies CAN be made without all the profanity, and a movie geared toward Christians (and hopefully a lost and hungry world) cannot seem to break free of that nasty habit. I am very disappointed to see that. How will we ever get word to Hollywood or any other movie producing entity that profanity is not necessary to make a good movie if Christian movies use the same language? I wouldn't recommend anyone see this movie because of that very reason. What a twisted and mixed message that leaves. Michael W. Smith, I am very disappointed sir.
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