Why'd this seem like a Hallmark movie?
I'm honestly surprised this received above-average reviews.
The production values have a Christian propaganda, Lifetime, and Hallmark feel to it. The acting was at a made-for-TV Lifetime movie level. Where'd they get the B-movie actors from? I was waiting for Kevin Sorbo to appear on screen.
I Googled Make-a-Wish to see if it had a Christian or religious origin, and it doesn't. If anything, it's a liberal organization. The man who founded it wasn't, but it evolved into that.
If God's Not Dead is considered Christian propaganda, then this is considered
It makes me wonder if critics are biased. Because I'm convinced, that if Make-a-Wish was a Christian foundation, and this film was told the exact same way, this movie would have gotten poor reviews.
As an objective critic myself, I've always defended professional critics, stating that they only critique on the filmmaking and how the story is told, and not what the social message is. Sadly, I perhaps overestimated them.
Giving this movie a positive review while giving films which have social messages that may be linked with Christianity or conservatism, the latter having similar production values, quality of actors, and filmmaking techniques as the former, is only mere proof that liberal critics are biased in their critiques.