Let me start out by saying I'm not a big fan of Christian movies -- not because I have anything against their usual messages, but I usually find them to be rather simplistic with limited filmmaking quality. But then, I'm not a big fan of movies in general these days anyway.
"Heavens to Betsy" isn't great cinema, but it does have a rather quirky sense of humor that's atypical of "Christian movies." Plot-wise it's sort of a cross between alternate-reality stories like "It's a Wonderful Life" (i.e., what if things had gone *this* way instead?) and "Bruce Almighty" (i.e., God wouldn't really do this to someone, but you might not blame him if he did).
This has a plot that keeps you watching to see what happens next, as twists are revealed to both the viewer and the main character. As Betsy reacts to her "alternate reality," though, one might wonder why it never occurs to the other characters to suspect she has amnesia, and never occurs to her to fall back on this as her own explanation.
My only other comment is that I ended up wishing the ending hadn't been as rushed as it is. (This is not the alternate ending, which I haven't seen.) I was left wanting to see, and not just hear about, how things were resolved.
Heavens to Betsy
2017
Action / Comedy / Fantasy
Heavens to Betsy
2017
Action / Comedy / Fantasy
Plot summary
An aspiring children's book author comes to a better understanding of God's will after each and every one of her prayers from past to present are suddenly answered all at once, erasing her past and altering everything in her present.
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Not your typical Christian movie
She wants it all and she wants it now
This Christian movie has leading lady Karen Lesiewicz as an aspiring children's book author who has been disappointed in life. She's prayed for a lot in life and
the Deity has not answered her prayers.
Well one fine day she wakes up in strange surroundings and finds that all those
things she took in prayer to the Lord have come true. She's a success as a
children's book author, she's rich, she married the boy she was crushing out on in
middle school. What more could a girl want?
There's more than a theological reason for the old adage of be careful what you wish for, you might get it. There's an all seeing and all knowing Deity who
knows what's best for us in his divine scheme of things. That would be the
Christian interpretation of what we see.
One wish that comes true is that a sister who died young is now living. That's
more than Lesniewicz could possibly hope for. But Ariana Lexus as her sister
Sally is not all she seems either. And Brian Walsh as her school girl crush and
now husband is not all that great a catch.
I don't want to get all metaphysical, but this film while sincere provides easy
answers that just aren't that easy.
fantastic newcomer lead actress
I was pleasantly surprised by the lead's performance. She was really fantastic, and I hope that she will continue to appear in faith based films. The story had a very cute and poignant ending, but overall, it was slow and at times, it was hard for this viewer to stay focused. I watched this on pureflix so I did not see the alternative endings.