Amateur movie with Big budget

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

I'm all for true stories made in films. This one is quite good and believable miracle, correlates well with the true story. The medical stuff is relatively well explained. The acting is decent. I accelerated the annoying bits. Good dvd extras of the real family.

Christy (Jennifer Garner) and Kevin Beam (Martin Henderson) have daughters Anna (Kylie Rogers), Abbie (Brighton Sharbino), and Adelynn (Courtney Fansler). They take care of animals with a giant dead tree in their yard. They attend the small Texas town church of Pastor Scott (John Carroll Lynch). Anna suddenly comes down with a mysterious illness and is in constant pain. Eventually, she's diagnosed with an incurable digestive disease. They are directed to specialist Dr. Nurko (Eugenio Derbez) in Boston. In desperation, Christy and Anna go see the doctor without the impossible-to-get appointment. Anna is shown kindness along the way like Boston waitress Angela (Queen Latifah). This is a real tear jerker especially with the suffering of young Anna. The acting is solid all around. I can do without the extended montages. This is a faith-based film. It gets a little heavy handed in the end. It would function more effectively by letting Anna's storytelling room to breathe. It tries to force it which diminishes Anna's tale to only the believers. This almost transcends the genre which could have been great.

This is a true life story of a young girl Annabelle Beam who developed a rare condition that effected her digestion in a way that would prove fatal. After falling 30 feet head first down a hollowed out tree she was miraculously cured in a way that the surgeon who's care she was under couldn't understand. The direction was capably executed and the interaction between the actors was relaxed and believable, especially Jennifer Garner who gave a very good performance as the distraught mother KrissyThe only problem I had with it was it's over sentimentality. I understand that this is based on actual events, but it almost felt like a Hallmark movie where it never rains and all the actors have perfect hair, teeth and makeup, so to bag an A list actress to play the lead was a coup in itself. Whether you believe in God or not, there's obviously something unexplainable that happened to this young girl to inspire her story to movie status. Still, it's enjoyable and above average for this type of film, which I enjoyed

This is a beautifully made movie, inspiring, that can connect with anyone ( less the critics, the though guys), has the message , the heart and the hope that everyone - maybe - at a moment in their lives will dare to feel it. Having faith , real faith can turn bad into good, you can be heard. The cast gave amazing performances, I felt like I was there, the struggle, the pain, the fear of painful ending, the helplessness , inability to heal, to change and overcome the tragedy and the pain, our limitations in what we can do as human beings and then the tears of pain changing into tears of joy, gratitude and finally the faith that we are watched and taken care of, believe it or not.