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| The Second Chance | 
| Category: Movie
Buy New: $9.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  43 reviews
Sales Rank: 2299
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 103 minutes
ASIN: B000I8G5FS
Theatrical Release Date: March 22, 2006
Release Date: November 12, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 A must see February 18, 2007
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
A must see for every Christian believer. Challanges your values, challenges your whole life on earth.
 Church, Money, Race...and the Power of God... January 16, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
The Second Chance is a drama about the Church and about playing Church. Though there is a unifying reconciliation theme running through the movie, it is largely character-driven with an assortment of characters with different personal issues that makes for a multi-faceted storyline that is paradoxically very intimate, as it addresses individuals, yet also very big-picture, as it raises questions about how to deal with local and global societal challenges, the role of money and power in society and the Church, and how best to love God by loving man.
Plot: Comfy suburban White megachurch meets in-the-trenches urban community Black church, and drama happens. Michael W. Smith stars as Ethan ("Gucci") the White associate pastor forced by his church board to "do time" observing and learning from experience with the Black church's Pastor Jake, convincingly played by jeff obafemi carr. With light humor, the movie focuses on the personal and relational transformations of Gucci and Jake as they meet such PG-13 urban challenges as poverty, stereotypes, addictions, physical abuse, gangs, and drugs.
The situations depicted ring true, and I could relate every character and situation from this movie to personal experience. Though the life struggles addressed are fairly common knowledge, such unpleasant realities are often blocked out or tucked away, and this film is a reminder to stay on spiritual track, remembering one's first love and to serve even as Jesus came to serve. The scene that impacted me the most, and which probably will stay with me, involves a youth pastor caring for one of his sheep to the uttermost. It made me want to reach out and love someone.
Uplifting December 2, 2006
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This movie provide a modern day real live situation that many churches and communities are facing today. The music is uplifting. This movie is worth the time to watch multiple times.
 A Very Effective Movie, Though Not A Typical Christian Movie. November 27, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I am not the first reviewer who saw this movie because of the fact that it was directed by Steve Taylor. This is the first movie my wife and I went to see at a theater together in over a decade, and it was worth it.
One reviewer complained about the profanity. I agree with another reviewer that it fit the character and what might really happen. There is a realism in this movie that a lot of Christian movies miss.
One thing that this movie does well: It silently argues for racial reconciliation. The protagonists are of different races, and so are the antagonists. The focus is putting your faith into action.
This is not a family movie, but very suitable for a group of teenagers, especially shown with a time given for discussion afterwards. Actually, I would recommend it being shown to a group of adults with said discussion following.
One final treat is the closing song, co-written by Steve Taylor and Michael W. Smith. I have been a fan of both separately, and this collaboration brings out the best of both artists.
 disappointing November 16, 2006
6 out of 14 found this review helpful
Profanity throughout, too many unanswered questions at the end, and a weak storyline at best, left us really disappointed. The movie did make a few points that deserve mention; but other than that I wish I could get my money back, especially considering that there was no mention of profanity in either the review or the dvd case itself. Don't bother with this one. Save your money
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