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Unnecessary religious tone, preachy dialogue, and cloying soundtrack detract from the story and makes it fairly unwatchable.. I wanted to like it but this story's been told before, and better. The christianity aspect carries some judgmentalizing with it. Their god is always in a win-win position, because if their prayers and faith succeed. Then god gets the credit for the miracle. Failure of prayers and faith means it wasn't god's will and god works in mysterious ways. Pretty convenient. That's probably to be expected. It's their thing. It's a shame because young people need relatable ways to deal with real-life issues like adoption, teen pregnancy, and life skills without the fantasy of religion.

This movie won't be pulling in any acting awards in the near or far future but for a lazy day of mindless tv watching it was fine, even heartwarming. That is until its alternative motives were made clear. I guess I wasn't paying close enough attention to see where it was going. The end got super preachy with an anti-abortion chaser that discussed none of the nuances that may come into play when women make the decision to abort. As a woman and an adoptee I was low-key offended by the simplistic adoption vs abortion binary they drew in this movie. The last quarter of the movie was disappointing and infuriating in turns which colored my overall perspective in a negative way.

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