Everyone, today, we review a faith-based film that was based on a true story. It comes in the form of a review of a new film that was just made, and released by MGM (through Amazon Studios), and Kingdom Story Company. Presenting to you all my review of the one, and only Sarah’s Oil.
Plot: In the year 1913, a young eleven-year-old girl named Sarah Rector (Naya Desir-Johnson) is given a deed to open land in Oklahoma. When she senses that there might be oil hidden underground, she decides to try to get it drilled. With the help of people like Bert Smith (Zachary Levi), and Mace (Mel Rodriguez), will she be able to find oil underground?
Wow, what an excellent movie! I mean first get faith-based films that were based on real-life events like Reagan, Soul On Fire, and now Sarah’s Oil? Man, these are the kinds of movies that need to be making even fairly big time dough. I’m not sure how much of this film was accurate to the actual real life event, and/or life of Sarah Rector. Either way, I, for one, am glad that more films like Sarah’s Oil, and more, are coming out. In this, the acting is really great, especially Naya Desir-Johnson as main character Sarah, and Zachary Levi as Bert Smith, one of the people who helped Sarah find oil in the area that she lived. Next, there are the characters. The characters, and the story, are overall really well developed. But, one of the major good things that makes this film really well done is how, regardless of how much of this film happened in real life, or how much artistic license was taken in the process of this film, there is much to be gained from watching a film like this one. I would say that, at its core, Sarah’s Oil is a film about learning to have faith, and not giving up when it feels easy to do so. I mean yes, there are times in life when one needs to give up certain dreams, plans, you name it. Still, it would seem that films like Sarah’s Oil serve as a reminder as to why, when God truly does put something on your heart, it’s never good to give up so easily. Finally, this film did well with depicting how much greed, corruption, and even racism abounded even back then before especially racism was a bigger deal.
And that’s my review for Sarah’s Oil. It is an excellent movie that I’m sure Christians will come to appreciate after seeing it. Honestly, it wouldn’t be surprising if even some non-Christians came to like Sarah’s Oil. With all that said, if you want to see another faith-based film, want to see another aspect of history that may not have been known, or talked about all that much, or all of the above, then all the more reason to see Sarah’s Oil. So yeah, go see it when you get the chance, and see what you think!
Final Rating: 10/10
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