I Can Only Imagine
2018 · Movie · PG · 110 min · ★ 7.5 · 50% critics
A young man grows up in a painful home marked by abuse and abandonment, and later finds an escape on the road with a Christian band. As his family situation shifts and old wounds resurface, he channels his experiences into a song that becomes a source of hope and healing for many.
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-02-14
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 50/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (501 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an emotional, faith-forward true story about forgiveness, family wounds, and music-driven hope, similar in spirit to I Still Believe or Clouds; Not for you if depictions of abuse or overt religious messaging are dealbreakers.
Pros: inspiring true-story uplift; strong emotional performances; memorable faith-based music | Cons: intense abuse themes; can feel by-the-numbers; may seem preachy
Themes
- musician
- texas
- abusive father
- redemption
- based on true story
- singer-songwriter
- father son relationship
- christian film
- christian faith
- independent film
- cliché
- contemporary christian music
- +1 more
Cast & crew
J. Michael Finley
as Bart Millard
Madeline Carroll
as Shannon
Dennis Quaid
as Arthur
Trace Adkins
as Brickell
Cloris Leachman
as Memaw
Jason Burkey
as Mike
Mark Furze
as Nathan
Randy McDowell
as Jim
Cole Marcus
as Robbie
Alexander Dominguez
as Kent
Directed by Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin