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Rating:  - Two thumbs down...
I didn't find anything in this movie uplifting. What is so uplifting about one man constantly judging another and letting all his anger out the whole time?
A story of one man's trial to keep his church going in a bad neighborhood. Another man's test at learning what the other guy is living through.
Rating:  - Real to life
At first I was concerned about the PG-13 rating. As a christian I usually stay away from this rating, but I took a chance and saw that the true to life situations shown in this film are PG-13. This movie was honest and the message can be life changing, not only for the characters, but for viewers if the message is taken to heart. I recommend this movie for the challenge it brings to put faith in action.
Rating:  - A must see
A must see for every Christian believer. Challanges your values, challenges your whole life on earth.
Rating: - Church, Money, Race...and the Power of God...
The Second Chance is a drama about the Church and about playing Church. Though there is a unifying reconciliation theme running through the movie, it is largely character-driven with an assortment of characters with different personal issues that makes for a multi-faceted storyline that is paradoxically very intimate, as it addresses individuals, yet also very big-picture, as it raises questions about how to deal with local and global societal challenges, the role of money and power in society and the Church, and how best to love God by loving man.
Plot: Comfy suburban White megachurch meets in-the-trenches urban community Black church, and drama happens. Michael W. Smith stars as Ethan ("Gucci") the White associate pastor forced by his church board to "do time" observing and learning from experience with the Black church's Pastor Jake, convincingly played by jeff obafemi carr. With light humor, the movie focuses on the personal and relational transformations of Gucci and Jake as they meet such PG-13 urban challenges as poverty, stereotypes, addictions, physical abuse, gangs, and drugs.
The situations depicted ring true, and I could relate every character and situation from this movie to personal experience. Though the life struggles addressed are fairly common knowledge, such unpleasant realities are often blocked out or tucked away, and this film is a reminder to stay on spiritual track, remembering one's first love and to serve even as Jesus came to serve. The scene that impacted me the most, and which probably will stay with me, involves a youth pastor caring for one of his sheep to the uttermost. It made me want to reach out and love someone.
Rating: - Uplifting
This movie provide a modern day real live situation that many churches and communities are facing today. The music is uplifting. This movie is worth the time to watch multiple times.
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