Movie Review # 425: The Girl Who Believes In Miracles (2021)

Good afternoon everyone! Today, we are going to be talking about a fictional Christian-based film that was released back on Easter weekend of this year. Man, does it feel great to even have Christian movies back on the big screen, or what? Either way, let’s talk about The Girl Who Believes In Miracles.

Plot: A young female named Sarah Hopkins (Austyn Johnson) begins to have faith in God even more after hearing that faith can move mountains, followed by praying to God, sometime later, that a bird would be healed, and it happens. God then continues to use her to perform healing miracles in other people’s lives. But when Sarah is suddenly sick with a fatal brain tumor, will her faith in God endure to the very end?

Surprisingly, I don’t recall seeing any trailers for this film, at least not before hearing about it. I remember actually hearing about this movie through the Christian radio station, K-Love, somewhat shortly before Easter weekend. So, I figured that this had to be a good movie. Was it? For the most part, yes it was. I mean sure, a newer believer should maybe should be cautious about one thing in regards to this film, but more on that later. Still, once again, Christian movies like The Girl Who Believes In Miracles serve as proof that getting Christian films made will hopefully help as a tool to lead even non-believers to Jesus. Not only that, but The Girl Who Believes In Miracles will most definitely help serve as a reminder to even Christians that God is still in the miracle business, and performs miracles just as much as He did back in the Old Testament times, and the times when the New Testament portion of the Bible was being written. Honestly, what seems to be the problem in the church today is that so many of us, even Christians, seemed to have adopted this mindset that because God didn’t answer our prayers in the way that we wanted Him to, or something like that, that God doesn’t do miracles anymore. Okay yes, it is true that sometimes, maybe many times, we will pray to God for someone to be healed, or for a pandemic to be annihilated, or something like that, and will answer our prayers in ways that we may not like at first. For instance, a Christian might pray to God for a Pastor, or a Christian family member, who’s sick with cancer, to be healed, and God decides to answer that prayer by taking the person to Heaven, away from this world of suffering. Would God have answered the prayer? Yes, but not necessarily in the way that one might have expected. Now yes, in this film, Jesus uses people, like the main character, to heal people that need healing of different kinds. Still, in all honesty, this is the kind of film that helps to reassure people that God is in the miracle business, whatever that may look like in different individual’s lives. Nevertheless, we do need to be careful to not be angry, or frustrated, when God doesn’t handle different circumstances the way that any of us might like Him to, or something like that. Well, in addition to these, the characters are very likable, even those that get very little screen time. The acting is also good too. Not to mention that it’s cool to see people like Austyn Johnson (who played the twin daughters in The Greatest Showman), and Peter Coyote (who played characters like Jamie’s father in A Walk To Remember) included in this film. In addition to those, you also have Kevin Sorbo playing a doctor in this movie. Not to mention that Sorbo seems to play a fairly similar role to a character like Professor Radisson from 2014’s God’s Not Dead. Now, can the storyline in this film feel a little cheesy at a few points? Sure! However, one should definitely look past those points, and recognize what’s at the heart of this movie. That being that we need to trust God to do impossible things in our lives no matter what, and that faith in God is crucial in our lives at all times. And of course there is the fact that God still performs miracles even today, no matter what that may look like. The only thing to consider, after watching this film, is that Christians, even newer ones, should have discussions with believers who are more mature in their faith about one, or two things that could potentially be inaccurate with how, life, and eternity work.

And that’s my review for The Girl Who Believes In Miracles. Regardless of what I mentioned towards the end of the previous paragraph, definitely make a point to go see this movie! Truth be told, even non-Christians should give movies like this film a chance just in case they decide that they want to be curious about God more afterwards. The story is good, even if slightly cheesy at times, the cinematography is good, and the characters are fun. Also, if this film performs fairly well, hopefully we’ll have more Christian movies come out in the theater like it, but slightly better.

Final Grade: A