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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesMary HoulihanChicago Sun-TimesMary HoulihanThe dialogue in places leans toward the banal, but a couple of plot twists help hold interest.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckGlossier and more lavishly produced than most faith-based films, the film directed by Steve Race is ultimately undone by a relentless preachiness that gives it the feel of a two-hour sermon.
- 30The DissolveNathan RabinThe DissolveNathan RabinAs a film, it’s sappy, preachy, and sleepily paced, but it also makes walking in faith seem about as flavorful and appealing as a lettuce sandwich on white bread, slathered in mayo.
- 30Los Angeles TimesAnnlee EllingsonLos Angeles TimesAnnlee EllingsonSuffers from the same ills as too many movies that preach to the choir: a laborious length, formulaic plot and dialogue and, disappointing for a film that stars a rapper, a stock score. Content aside, Molina's testimony isn't good cinema either.
- 30The New York TimesMiriam BaleThe New York TimesMiriam BaleThis is a message film with the narrative sophistication of a recruiting pamphlet.
- 30VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonThe road to hell is paved with well-intentioned clunkers like I’m in Love with a Church Girl, a strenuously sincere but tediously schematic and heavy-handed attempt at cinematic proselytizing for Christianity.
- 25Washington PostStephanie MerryWashington PostStephanie MerryThe intentions for I’m in Love With a Church Girl may have been noble, but nearly every part of the delivery turns out to be flawed.
- 25New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartThis overlong drama plays like a threefold infomercial: for Christianity, the cheesy resort chain Sandals and Jeff “Ja Rule” Atkins, the rapper-turned-actor playing drug kingpin Miles Montego.
- 20New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThere is no reason a film with an agenda can’t also be engaging or thought-provoking. But what we have here is not so much a movie as a blunt Sunday sermon.
- 10Village VoiceNick SchagerVillage VoiceNick SchagerIt's hard to quibble with Steve Race's film on theological grounds, though in narrative and aesthetic terms, there's something unholy about its mixture of inane clichés, shallow music-video glossiness, and incessant preaching.