Not really a spoiler, since it's revealed in the first quarter hour, but the 'C' in the title stands for cancer. A high school girl with dance ambitions is diagnosed; how will she and her single father (who was widowed in an unexplained road rage incident) cope? All right, you think; it's that kind of movie. After some anguish, the girl will overcome adversity and become an inspiration to her peers. And you'd be right, but not in the way you expected. The 'C' also stands for Christ, which it seems she becomes, but her superpowers are limited to touching people and making them Christians, whether they want to be or not. Hilarity ensues, which is probably not what the filmmakers were expecting.
To add a comment to Voxhumana's superb post: his/her suggestions for films have already been made recently, and they turned out to be god awful, not in premise but in execution. IMHO, Christian/religious movies are not getting better any time soon, for the following reasons: 1) Unlike in the days of Milton and Mozart, religious belief is not mandatory, and patrons of the arts aren't almost exclusively religious. Artists of genius are not so much into religious themes these days. 2) Not as genius but religious artists are making movies with the message first, and the art second. Maybe they don't believe that by putting their God-given abilities first, they would be making the highest tribute to God. 3) Great movies demand great audiences. The audience for Christian movies is like the audience for superhero movies. For the most part, the bad guys lose, the good guys win, the outcome is in no doubt, and that's the way they like it. Yawn.
But maybe I'm wrong. If you are a religious person, I ask you to watch three very challenging, but good and thoughtful films about modern religion: The Apostle (1997), The Rapture (1991), and Calvary (2014). If you're like foreign/art films, watch Dekalog (1989), a film series selected by the Vatican in the "values" category of its list of 45 great films. Are these the kinds of films you want to see? Support them, and you will see more.
To add a comment to Voxhumana's superb post: his/her suggestions for films have already been made recently, and they turned out to be god awful, not in premise but in execution. IMHO, Christian/religious movies are not getting better any time soon, for the following reasons: 1) Unlike in the days of Milton and Mozart, religious belief is not mandatory, and patrons of the arts aren't almost exclusively religious. Artists of genius are not so much into religious themes these days. 2) Not as genius but religious artists are making movies with the message first, and the art second. Maybe they don't believe that by putting their God-given abilities first, they would be making the highest tribute to God. 3) Great movies demand great audiences. The audience for Christian movies is like the audience for superhero movies. For the most part, the bad guys lose, the good guys win, the outcome is in no doubt, and that's the way they like it. Yawn.
But maybe I'm wrong. If you are a religious person, I ask you to watch three very challenging, but good and thoughtful films about modern religion: The Apostle (1997), The Rapture (1991), and Calvary (2014). If you're like foreign/art films, watch Dekalog (1989), a film series selected by the Vatican in the "values" category of its list of 45 great films. Are these the kinds of films you want to see? Support them, and you will see more.