The Shack

2017 "You're never as alone as you think."
6.3| 2h12m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 03 March 2017 Released
Producted By: Summit Entertainment
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: https://lionsgate.com/movies/the-shack
Synopsis

After suffering a family tragedy, Mack Phillips spirals into a deep depression causing him to question his innermost beliefs. Facing a crisis of faith, he receives a mysterious letter urging him to an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Despite his doubts, Mack journeys to the shack and encounters an enigmatic trio of strangers led by a woman named Papa. Through this meeting, Mack finds important truths that will transform his understanding of his tragedy and change his life forever.

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Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
Justina The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
Sam AlMan This movie needs a prepared mentality for it.. how prepared?... if you are religious and christian then you could enjoy this movie by comparing the elements in it to what is known in Christianity.. if you are religious and not christian you could also enjoy it as a christian do even some of the elements in the movie you do not agree with.. now if you are not religious then there is a slight chance that you like this movie if you see it as fictional story.. like any other fictional story you could see that is PG-13.. The movie included an introduction to a family when later loses a member of it.. a grieving member of that family got an unusual invitation to a "magical world" to meet "God".. The dialogue with "God" and the "magical world" discovery is almost the whole movie!.. There are very good actors and actresses that really attracted audience to this movie but then they did not give a realistic feeling and reaction to what it is suppose to be sometimes. The scenes were amazing .. artistic direction is good.. the CGI quality is lower than expected at some points.. story line is expected after the first 20 minutes and there are couple of emotional scenes that will make me re-watch them several times.It could be difficult to watch if you are not religious or do not like christian movies but if you watch it as fictional story then you might like it!
melissalgee When I first started watching this movie, I was very hopeful. I'm a Christian and very spiritual. After the halfway point, it became kinda goofy & hooky to me. It could have been handled so brilliantly, but I think it feel woefully short. Then, when it turned out that he was hit by a truck, I really rolled my eyes. I didn't even realize that the grown boy wasn't the abusive father at the beginning until toward the end.
skiesofblue-99224 I don't label myself as a "Christian," mostly due to the falseness I have experienced with some people who call themselves this. I am spiritual and believe in s higher power. I loved this film, and found it beautiful and very thought provoking. Very touching and lovely, and the cast is magnificent.
klowe-52135 Whilst I completely understand some people's views and opinions that this film is bland and a mere 'promotion of Christianity' - I have to say that I thought the way it raises real life struggles and questions and then tries to give reasoning behind it is so refreshing. As a Christian who struggles every day with challenging God as to why there's suffering and pain in the world - I think this film, and of course the book too, brings hope and guidance with these issues. Yes okay, it is still a film, and it has to 'appeal to the masses' with its beautiful cinematography and scenery and characters (which it has in absolute abundance and certainly makes it an easy watch!!) - but underlying all of this is beauty is a raw subject matter that will get you thinking about God, the trinity and your relationship with them. I'm by no means a 'mega Christian'(!!) and I can understand why some people would watch this film and not completely get what they're trying to portray, but for me it really helped understand a little more about how and why. I'd highly recommend it - but keep an open mind, it is a little 'out there'!!