A dozen different souls-all moving in different directions, all longing for something more. As their lives unexpectedly intersect, they each are about to discover there is power in the Cross of Christ ... even if they don't yet believe it. When a local pastor is shaken to the core by the visible faith of an old street-corner preacher, he is reminded that true belief always requires action. His response ignites a faith-fueled journey that powerfully impacts everyone it touches in ways that only God could orchestrate. This stirring new film from the creators of God's Not Dead arrives in theaters Spring of 2015. More than a movie, it's a question we all must answer in our lifetimes: DO YOU BELIEVE? Written by

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monika-woods from United States
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Christians will get it. They will understand that the subplots, twists and turns of life are intricately woven into a careful masterpiece that we call life. When we went into the theater, I was not anticipating much. Based on other movies that do not connect multi-plots well, I decided this would be a "feel good" story that would relay a good message to the youth group I was with. Thankfully, and much to my surprise, I was wrong. The movie was seamlessly interactive. The characters were developed well enough to convey an "everyman" message, about people from all walks of life and how we can all affect one another, in a positive or negative way.

The movie is not about winning an Oscar, it is about winning people over, by providing hope with inspiration for all to change for the betterment of all humanity.

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rhhdvh from United States
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I question the value of IMDb Ratings when the average rating is polarized, with a dominant percentage (43) at 10, and a significant percentage (29) at 1, with very few in between.

The actual user reviews are highly favorable, with only 3 highly unfavorable. So, there are just a lot of trash voters too lazy or inarticulate to really review the movie to give their reasons, just the thumbs up or thumbs down minimal input.

My wife and I decided to go see what it was all about, especially with a couple of former "A" list actors involved.

The divided vote was reflected by the content's portrayal of real life; how the stories of 12 people converge one night. The perspective is of how life intertwines, good and evil, comedy and tragedy. For us it evoked a lot of emotions, as we had several parallel stores in our lives. Broken relationships, disease, death, depression, violence, the gamut of human condition that have us questioning God.

Some of the characters had a common guiding principle in their lives, others only their own benefit. Still, life went on and paths crossed changing some character's opinions based on actual experiences.

For us the aggressive plot moved along at a quick pace, the character development was a but sketchy because of the 12 stories, but in the end it all fit together. Lots of tears, more of joy than sadness.

From our perspective it was very well done for a low budget Christian movie, obviously appealing to those who believe, and perhaps graphic and life like enough to set an example for the critics when they come to a life bridge to cross.

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julaoli from United States
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I trust IMDb to tell me what is worth my time to watch. I saw the bad rating on this movie, and watched it anyway.

I can't see how anyone, except someone who hates Christians could rate this movie badly. It's about being people doing good, even when it's hard. What's wrong with that?

It's interesting that a movie that reflects good gets a rating of 5.3, but if you have a movie about vampires, witches, werewolves, or murder from beginning to end you get outstanding ratings.

I would recommend this movie to anyone who believes in the greater good, rather they believe in Christ or not.

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From an innocuous beginning, to a climax that left me speechless, this movie did not disappoint. The many characters were all real, believable people. Kudos to Bozworth, Sorvino, and Astin for their portrayals. In Addition to them, seeing Lee Majors in this was a pleasant surprise. Cybill Shepard did a good job as his reluctant and grieving wife. As for the brothers in the poor black family, you will not be able to forget Pretty Boy and Kriminal. If you know someone who has returned from combat in the last 20 years, this has a man that even a WW2 generation can relate. Great camera work on the bridge scenes, hospital locale, and nice overhead shots of the Windy City. Worth the time and money to see!

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Steve Pulaski from United States
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"Do You Believe?" kicks off a year that, judging from the amount of trailers Pure Flix Entertainment attached to its showings of "Do You Believe?," will feature a number of independent Christian films, much like last year. "Do You Believe?" comes out the same weekend last year's "God's Not Dead" was released and took box office analysts and the entire film community by surprise with its enormous opening in less than 1,000 screens in the United States. This shows little doubt that Pure Flix Entertainment is anxious to try and reinvigorate the buzz that film managed to snag. Unlike most Christian films, "God's Not Dead" wasn't burdened by an amateurish production and the kind of cheap, poor moralizing that a great deal of contemporary films like to emphasize, but it actually found some semblance of substance as its characters debated the existence of God.

The film is an anthology, following twelve or so characters that are all confronted with life's tribulations and hardships, with the film focusing on how they handle such tests and how they lean on other characters in order to get by. These individuals are a struggling single mother (Mira Sorvino) with a young, optimistic daughter (Makenzie Moss), who has to find a different place to sleep every night, an older gentleman (Brian Bosworth), crippled by an increasingly worsening sickness, who helps take in the mother and daughter, an atheist doctor (Sean Astin), who is sick and tired of hearing God and Jesus get the credit for the healing and care he provides, and his humanist wife (Andrea Logan White), a pregnant teen (Madison Pettis), who has run away from home, a local pastor (Ted McGinley), two petty gangsters (Senyo Amoaku and Arthur Cartwright), an older couple (Lee Majors and Cybill Shepherd) who have recently lost their only daughter, a paramedic (Liam Matthews), who is now faced with a lawsuit from the doctor's wife because he spent the final minutes of a dying man's life asking him if he knew Jesus, his struggling wife (Valerie Domínguez), and her PTSD-stricken, ex-Marine brother (Joseph Julian Soria). The central idea looming over all these individuals is the question of whether or not they believe, how will they turn their belief, if any, into an action, and how they will express their belief through others (spoiler: usually through the exchange of little wooden crosses).

To begin with, the writers and directors of anthologies immediately deserve some praise for undertaking such an enormous task, and director Johnathan M. Gunn and writers Chuck Konzelman and Cary Solomon need be hailed for giving each character their time of day on screen. While most of the characters struggle to be given life beyond their own stereotype, convention, or surface explanation of their backstory (how did the mother and daughter come to live on the streets? What was the past of the man who takes them in? What makes the doctor condemn religion so much? What happened to the daughter of the older couple?), there is at least time invested in each of the characters, and I'm willing to bet each of them get about the same amount of screen time. Gunn, Konzelman, and Solomon may've been hard-pressed to make each character in the film a fully fleshed-out person, but their end result is far greater than it could've been.

Not only is this because they give about equal time to these characters, but they also go the extra mile to recognize certain issues and facts of life that many religious films overlook or simplify. Including gangsters, single mothers, and the fact that the Christian gospel has become a controversial concept in recent years. This makes "Do You Believe?" a film that transcends the annoying bubble many of these Christian films get trapped inside. Konzelman and Solomon break those boundaries down and include those ideas, and to a degree that doesn't show them as cartoonish, but moderately realistic.

It's when Konzelman and Solomon begin to take exaggerated, emotionally-manipulative routes to get their message across to the audience that "Do You Believe?" becomes a weaker, less impressive film. Consider the ending, without giving spoilers, which is a circus of a shootout, a huge traffic pileup, a birth, a proclaimed-miracle, and a near-drowning. It's bound to be one of the most explosive and cluttered movie endings of the year, and one of the most unbelievable, especially for a film that was doing so-so in the realism department before this happened. It's a screenwriter's opportunity when inflicting such a cacophony of powerful emotional material to trick people that what they saw was a series of impacting events that make up life, when anyone who sees films on a frequent basis will see these scenarios for what they are - emotionally manipulative and contrived.

Having said that, "Do You Believe?" is still better than Kendrick brothers' affairs like "Facing the Giants" and "Fireproof," and light years more capable and accomplished than such travesties as "Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas" and "Last Ounce of Courage." Its central idea is one that's, however, made for the kind of sentimentality and cloying hope and optimism shown in the film that, personally, makes me cringe and forgoes all ideas of achieving some conception of true-to-life instances. Yet the film can be given credit for how it balances a variety of characters and how it goes about profiling them in a way that's not as dehumanizing and as shallow as you think, but also not as deep as you want. This is the "Crash" of Christian films, and, remarkably speaking, that Oscar winner and this potential low-key hit are operating on more-or-less the same playing field and quality level.

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Open-mindedMuslimWoman from Turkey
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Assalam Alaykum,

I am a Muslim woman who wears the hijab (head scarf) and believes in Jesus.

I don't want to argue with Christians about the matter of crucifixion or your belief that Jesus is the son of God....Everyone is free to believe the way he loves.

The Holy Koran Praises Jesus & The Pious Mother Mary. May Allah(God) Bless them.

What upsets us nowadays is seeing Radical and Terrorist Muslim Mercenary Muslims like ISIS who are brainwashed to defame Islam. Moreover,the Extremist,bigoted & prejudiced Pastor Terry Jones had already besmirched the reputation of priests by his evil call to burn The Koran claiming Islam is the religion of the devil!. Pastor Terry Jones did not read the holy Koran and did not witness how many people have been converting to Islam ( From Michael Jackson To Her Royal Highness Princess Diana of Wales).

There are several priests who defame Christianity in their sexual abuse of children and gay sex scandals with other priests or other woman. That does not make of Christianity A Bad Religion.

I will stop rambling now. This movie is absolutely brilliant. Jesus just like prophet Muhammad and prophet Moses came to guide people.

Movie Plot: The film begins with an opening quote from James 2:17

A pastor is shaken by a street preacher regarding his faith, which causes a chain of events for twelve different people, moving towards one cataclysmic event.Some will survive while others will not, but many lives will be changed. An older couple (Cybill Shepherd and Lee Majors) have lost their only child. A preacher (Ted McGinley) and his wife (Tracy Melchior) were unable to conceive a child. A mother (Mira Sorvino) and young daughter (Makenzie Moss) find themselves homeless, a young nurse (Valerie Dominguez) and her husband (Liam Matthews) are caught in a court case that may ruin their lives. A young mother (Madison Pettis) is about to give birth. A war veteran (Joseph Julian Soria) returns home with post-traumatic stress disorder. A cutter (Alexa PenaVega) seeks to see her father and feel loved again. A street gang is caught up in the mix when one of the members (Shwayze) unexpectedly ends up in church after a run with police officers. The core message for all involved in the drama is a simple question - "Do You Believe?".

Finally I Wish All Christians A Very Happy Easter & I Hope The Resurrection Of Jesus Will Bring Salvation & Peace Of Mind To All Christians.

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Michelle Moore
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I have to admit it started a little slow at first, but loved it! It has some great messages and themes throughout and great acting! Bring the Kleenex! I saw this at an early screening sponsored by Pureflix and I thought it was fantastic. I saw the unfinished cut and will go see it again. I can't wait to see the finished product. People from all walks of life should appreciate the truth and honesty portrayed in the film.I don't like when people immediately dismiss a film because of its Christian views and say things like its cheesy. No, it's truth and a lot of people don't like to have the facts right in front of them. I hope God uses this film to touch a lot of people's hearts and get them to begin asking themselves the question, "Do you believe?"

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ruthandtruth from Colorado Springs, Colorado
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For starters ***awesome movie*** I'm a believer in Christ & that nothing is coincidental in life (all paths crossed are divinely done so). If you've not seen this movie, it's out on Redbox (keep tissue nearby ...lots of them)! Credible actors & a decent plot that all intertwines with each other in the end. I did not find this to be a low budget production. Hope you get the opportunity to watch it, if you haven't already seen it! It's "hyped" up a bit for the viewer; after all, it is a movie. ;-) However, it's clean (no cussing, nudity, sex or gore). Might be a bit dramatic for younger viewers, as it's appropriately rated PG-13.

***If you're a skeptic*** ...then that's okay too. The very fact that you're reading this or any of these reviews says to me that you both question & have curiosity about Christ. That's where it starts, as He tugs on your heart-strings in one way or another.

***Keep asking the questions*** ...because that means there's hope within you to know more. I once was hopeless, so I speak from experience. I've been a Christian for over 15-years now & not without struggles, loss or even questions to God. The difference now vs then is I have **faith**. Faith in One I cannot see, but most definitely "witness" all around me.

***Just stop & look around *** ...there is nothing "simple" about our Creator! He has taken everything into account from the very detailed & complicated ways our body's work from the inside out to the natural beauty around us that He blesses us with daily!

***To think we were just "poofed" into existence is not being realistic*** ...it's much-much deeper than that! I'm not on here to preach by any means - only to share my own experience. I hope & pray that anyone who reads this review will know that you are blessed & prayed for by a complete stranger who doesn't believe you read this review "accidentally"! ;-)

***May you find the answers you are searching for*** ...not in this review, not in this movie & not in anything that surrounds you, but deep within your very heart & soul. Even if you don't believe ...He believes in you & is only a whisper away ...no matter the day, hour, or what you've done or not done in life ...He's there waiting with open arms ...all you have to do is ask to receive & for Him to show you the way.

***If you don't ask ...you'll never know! *** So if you ask yourself anything ...ask "what is it" that keeps *you* from asking Him? I know from personal experience & faith …your answer **will** come!

May you be blessed in your endeavor! O:-) Barnyard3 from United States
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This is a movie about how living out the Christian faith looks like. It's not sugar-coated, nor is it unrealistic. It's about real people in a real world. In this movie, we have many lives that are intertwined, with the common factor being the Cross.

I especially appreciate how this story makes you take a real look at what you believe about Christ. There are hard choices to make - and not without sacrifice.

My wife says this is a minimum of a "5-Kleenex" movie, mainly to be used at the end. This is when all of their stories come together in a spectacular final scene.

Everyone should watch this one, and buy it to watch it again.

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seanraybuck from Texas
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It is unfortunate that this movie is currently getting such a low rating on IMDb because it is a quite a good movie and it isn't a fair representative of the quality. There are many Christian movies out there, some of them very low quality and low budget, often not very well made that I am fairly critical of. This is not one of those movies.

I am a youth director and took 8 youth (both junior high and high school) and 3 adults to go watch the movie and every one LOVED it. There wasn't a dry eye in the place - it is touching and inspiring.

Look here is the deal: there are some cheesy moments in the movie. But it is a powerful story, over all VERY well told, and has a needed message: faith without works is dead.

I am giving this movie an 8/10. I thought about bumping it up because of the low rating it had been given, but as a movie critic I think this is the fair and actual rating it deserves. It is a GREAT movie (and very few movies will I give a 9 or 10).

If you do not like Christianity then you will probably not like this movie.

If you are a Christian, I highly recommend it!!

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AKAs Titles:
(working title) - Believe
Argentina - El poder de la cruz
Brazil - Você Acredita?
Chile - El poder de la cruz
Mexico - El poder de la cruz
Peru - El poder de la cruz
Poland - Czy naprawde wierzysz?
Russia - ТÑ‹ веÑ€ишÑÅ’?

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Certifications:
Argentina:13 (with warning) / Canada:PG (British Columbia) / Chile:TE+7 / Mexico:B / USA:PG-13 (certificate #49591)