Sthopper Movie Reviews

Faith Happens

 Written and Directed by Rick Carside

What do ordinary people with extraordinary problems have in common?

This movie is based on actual events that happened over a period of 30 years in the church that Rick

Carside grew up in. With characters like a drug addict, a spunky old lady, an African refugee, a pastor, a

cancer patient and a Chinese entrepreneur to name a few, all of them need to face life’s curve balls.

Through the challenges that each character face, they learn about God’s amazing grace and love which

change their lives forever. They learned to walk in God’s eternal truth and see miracles happing.

What I like about this movie was the fact that it gave hope and it inspired me to look at my faith and

how I live according to it. It reminded me about that verse in the Bible that says “…the just shall live by

his faith ….”(Hab 2:4). The single one aspect that I’ve again learnt was that even though things seems

bad, God is faithful and can change ANY situation to glorify Him.

I enjoy watching this movie and it’s highly recommended.

Baroudeur

 a Frans Cronje production, 

South-African home-grown producer of ‘Faith like potatoes’ and ‘Hansie’.

This is a Christian fictional story but inspired by true events like the

recent recession in South Africa.

The plot is about the character Francois who was forced to use what

he has, in his case an old bicycle, after being retrenched to provide for his family.

It is amazing to see how God can change situations and how He

multiplies the seemingly small things/efforts in life.

This was a very enjoyable and entertaining movie that evoked a lot of

discussion within my family. I couldn’t wait to see how the title and the

movie itself came together.

I was impressed with the quality and feel that was created in the movie,

as it was a very, very low to no cost, budget movie. Producing this

stood testimony to the message of the movie ‘use what you have

and see how God multiplies it!’

After watching this, I was filled with a sense of hope 

and the feeling that anything is possible…with God.

The movie is featured in Afrikaans, but English subtitles are available.

I highly recommend this one!