Breakthrough

Breakthrough is a 2019 American Christian drama directed by Roxann Dawson in her film directorial debut. The film was written by Grant Nieporte, based on the Christian book, The Impossible, an account of true events written by Joyce Smith with Ginger Kolbaba. It stars Chrissy Metz, Josh Lucas, Topher Grace, Mike Colter, Marcel Ruiz, Sam Trammel, and Dennis Haysbert. Stephen Curry and Samuel Rodriguez are executive producers.

Summary
Based on a true story, John Smith (along with his friends) falls through the ice and was not expected to survive. However, through the power of his mother's prays, John gets a pulse in the emergency room. The film deals how great miracles can be.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The film does a great job with adapting the nonfiction book into a narrative script.
 * 2) The acting is very good, especially from Chrissy Metz who is well known the drama This is Us.
 * 3) There are various emotional scenes regarding John laying in the hospital chair and the characters having no idea on whether he will survive or not. It can be very hard to get through these scenes without crying!
 * 4) This film can teach atheists that God exists and he sees, hears, and knows everything. What helps even more is that John Smith's recovery was completely real!
 * 5) John's development as a character is well done. He goes from a character who wants nothing to do with his mother and schoolwork to a person who now wants to do the right things all the time.
 * 6) Watching people pray for John is very touching.
 * 7) It was quite hilarious to watch the mother trying to get John's attention in the car.
 * 8) Unlike many Christian films, this one doesn’t attack and stereotype atheists as bad people. Instead, it has a beautiful, touching story based on real life events.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) As stated in reason WIR #5, John used to neglect his mother. This is very hard to watch and before he even fell through the ice, he barely showed that much love for her and felt too embarrassed to be seen around her. Thankfully after he recovered from the accident, he becomes a better person.
 * 2) Before John's accident, Chad was a really unlikable character as he would always torment John for no reason.
 * 3) To add onto that, Chad pushes John on the ground, resulting in John slapping him in the face. Then, the coach shouts to them saying that the next guy who swung would be benched. Honestly if anything, the only person who should be getting benched is Chad, as John was in his right state of mind to get back at Chad, since John could have been injured sooner than ever.
 * 4) The pastor talking about The Bachelor during the service is really cringeworthy and very out of place for a religious sermon.
 * 5) Despite the message of this film, people still walk on the ice!
 * 6) The plot can be predictable at times. This is especially true, if people already read the book before seeing the movie.

Reception
The film received mixed reviews from the critics who praised the performances and great messages, but criticized the film to be predictable.

Trivia

 * 1) The film is based on the book The Impossible that was published 2 years prior this film.
 * 2) It was the film to be released after the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney on March 20, 2019.

Videos
> https://youtu.be/6Ui6m_eEEOI