Where Hope Grows

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Where Hope Grows

PG-13,

2015,

1h 36m,

Drama

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54%

13 Reviews

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1,000+ Ratings

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75%

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A troubled ex-ballplayer finds his life reinvigorated through his friendship with a mentally challenged grocery-store employee.

Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

May 14, 2015

Director Chris Dowling should have taken another swing at his script for the sake of clarity and dimension before cameras rolled.

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Neil Genzlinger

New York Times

May 14, 2015

Not to be flip, but "Where Hope Grows" has the potential to be a decent inspirational film until God shows up.

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Joe Leydon

Variety

May 14, 2015

Like most if not all faith-based entertainments, "Where Hope Grows" embraces the idea that God works in mysterious ways. But it also insists that God helps only those who help themselves.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 27, 2020

3.5/4.0

This is how you make an emotionally satisfying and intellectually stimulating faith-based film.

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Daniel Barnes

Sacramento News & Review

May 30, 2015

1.5/5

DeSanctis is a force of nature, and for the most part this is less of a Bible thumper than a Bible tapper, but it gets downright shameless in the third act.

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

May 22, 2015

More admirable for its effort than its execution.

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Sep 16, 2017

How inspirational and moving was that! Such a touching story.

George W

Feb 2, 2017

Thankfully it's not too preachy.

Hagrid S

Jan 22, 2017

This an inspirational movie for the family. Interesting that the critics don't like God in a movie but they're perfectly fine sex, drugs, violence, etc.

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Luke W

Jan 13, 2017

Where Hope Grows is a tearjerking faith-based drama about friendship that rises on the strength of its cast of unknowns. It helps give those suffering from Down syndrome a sense of purpose and shows that God works in mysterious ways. What could've been a simple in-your-face cliche premise which failed to raise spirits as much as it tried to ends up being a smartly written drama with well-executed direction from Chris Dowling. Ignore the critics, folks. This one is a better-than-average Christian movie that tells a good story rather than simply just telling the viewers an uninteresting lesson.

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Chris Dowling

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Kristoffer Polaha

Calvin Campbell

David DeSanctis

Produce

William Zabka

Milton Malcolm

Brooke Burns

Amy Boone

McKaley Miller

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Synopsis

A troubled ex-ballplayer finds his life reinvigorated through his friendship with a mentally challenged grocery-store employee.

Director: Chris Dowling
Producer: Steve Bagheri, Simran A. Singh, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Milan Chakraborty
Screenwriter: Chris Dowling
Distributor: Roadside Attractions
Production Co: Godspeed Pictures, Attic Light Films
Rating: PG-13 (Brief Language|An Accident Scene|Drinking and Teen Sexuality|Thematic Issues)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 15, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 24, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.2M
Runtime: 1h 36m

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