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And then there’s David Limbaugh’s review:

https://townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/2017/11/03/let-there-be-light-n2404163

EXCERPT:

For years, Christians have exhorted one another to do more than just grumble about this cultural assault. “We have to get involved, producing movies, art, literature and other programming content instead of acting like whining victims.”

Many artists throughout the media and cultural spectrum have stepped up and delivered faith-based content, and appreciative consumers have purchased and enjoyed it, but a common criticism has emerged for much of this product.

The legitimate complaint is that Christian-friendly television shows and motion pictures are overtly preachy and hokey. They mean well, but instead of seamlessly inserting the message into their shows, they use it as a sledgehammer and hit viewers over the head with it — projecting a sense of desperation. It’s as if they sense their ideas are promoted so infrequently that they have to be in your face with them to make up the deficit.

This approach is often counterproductive because it violates the accepted rule that a writer should “show, not tell.” There’s certainly nothing wrong with characters in Christian movies quoting Scripture passages, but they should know they risk restricting their audience if they’re too pious and sanctimonious. There’s a clientele for such movies, but the movies most likely won’t reach as many of the “unchurched” or have as much influence on the secular culture.

Liberals have learned to be subtler in their art, interweaving their political and secular themes in well-made dramas, so that even some viewers repulsed by the political message will endure the soft indoctrination because the stories are otherwise entertaining.

Some Christians and conservatives get it and are producing better-quality movies and incorporating their worldview inconspicuously into the content. There is a hunger among millions of Americans for the entertainment industry to provide content that at least doesn’t disparage traditional values, even if it doesn’t affirmatively promote them.

“Let There Be Light” admittedly hits Christian themes squarely, but it does so through authentic characters in normal settings whose experiences reflect those of everyday people in real life. It features humor and drama, but not fire and brimstone. The Christian characters are no less human than anyone else, nor are they immune from life’s tribulations. Quite the opposite.

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