7.7 stars.

A movie director goes undercover in a church to videotape a bunch of people. The theme of his documentary is to expose hypocrisy in protestantism. His goal is to inform and educate, but his boss has a more nefarious agenda. In the process of secretly recording interactions with members of the church, he and his wife become good friends with these people. Eventually, the plan begins to unravel.

There is a lot of drama across the spectrum in 'Small Group'. If you are looking for a funny and inspiring movie about church and friendship, you will find a little bit of everything.

The theme is fairly obvious: an agnostic family is on the fence about God. Eventually, they come to terms with the fact that their existential problems are too much to handle. Will they turn to God and their small group for guidance and support?

Good stuff, albeit it's a bit all over the place, but cohesive enough to be entertaining and inspiring.

I only heard about this movie because it was advertised on Facebook. I was hesitant to purchase because far to often I've found myself disappointed in Christen faith based movies.

I watched the trailers and liked what I saw, but I don't really trust reviews on Christian movies. Bad reviews are usually from people who are only reviewing to bring down the overall score and good reviews are from Christians who will give a 10 rating no matter what so I bit the bullet and got it.

Worth every penny!

Favorite Christan faith based movie is between this and Hell and Mr. Fudge (I've reviewed it in here). The acting in Mr. Fudge is better, but not by much. Plot in here I liked better, but again, not by much.

The plot and acting in here may come across as a little over the top, but definitely some situations I can relate too and many of the characters remind me of people I know which is part of the reason why enjoy it so much. Definitely not a "pray and your prayers will be answered" movie, but also a "don't judge" movie as well.

If you're a Christian, it's definitely a must see and if you're not, I would argue that it's an accurate look at what Christians are like in person. Sure, some of the behaviors might turn you off, but the support you get from Christians is spot on.

I had only heard of this movie through word-of-mouth, but I'm sure glad we found it. On one hand, you sort of know where the movie's going. But how it gets there is a wonderful ride, with some really unexpected twists and turns. The movie is honest, without being patronizing.

My only gripe is that it could have used some more editing - there was about 15 minutes or so that didn't seem to fit with the rest of the movie, and could have reduced play time from over 2 hours to a nice 1:45. But that is just a minor gripe.

If you grew up evangelical or born again, you owe it to yourself to see this movie.

Bonus: it is good for the whole family, nothing objectionable at all.