Audacity
Aspiring comedian Peter is encouraged by his friend Ben to perform at the local comedy club. But stage fright isn’t Peter’s only fear. When confronted with one of today’s most divisive issues, he feels compelled to speak, but can he? Challenged by his coworker Diana to defend his convictions about homosexuality and gay marriage, will he have the courage to stand for what he believes—even at the risk of losing a friendship?
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- Cast:
- Todd Friel , Ray Comfort , Mariano Mendoza
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Excellent, Without a doubt!!
Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
Blistering performances.
I saw this guy, Roy Comfort, on Youtube, and decided to check out this film. He is an Evangelical street preacher, so I knew the movie was going to have a moral, and I knew that moral would include trusting in Jesus and repenting. I like the way he is able to think on his feet, and he can talk to people about difficult subjects in an unoffensive manner. The movie is only 1 hour, so it was an easy view. It's message is not complex, but it is a message worth considering.Now... Regarding all of these so-called "reviews" that are 1-star. I was a bit surprised by this, because the movie, while not great, is clearly not 1-star trash. They all claimed the movie was hateful, which doesn't make any sense. It is not.Here's what I noticed. All of these "reviewers" registered within a 3 day period on IMDB. All of them have done one review, and one review only. They all have ridiculous user names like John4597 or Betty7631. The reviewers all have the same message, i.e. the movie is homophobic (it isn't). In short: there was a negative, hate campaign staged here (using SEO clerks, likely from either Bangladesh or the Philippines). Please keep that in mind if you are considering viewing this. Someone paid someone else to attack this movie, so the reviews are skewed to the negative.
Taking a break from his attempts to discredit evolution, Christian evangelist Ray Comfort turns his attention to homosexuality in America, and tries to counter the strides that the gay community has made in the last few years with this cinematic misadventure here. To be sure, AUDACITY is outright religious agitprop, but aside from that, it's also a poor movie, bogged down by the same things its producers probably hoped would elevate it: a hopelessly idealistic story, cloying performances, and product placement so outrageous that it will make you forget about MAC AND ME.The plot: An aspiring comedian and Christian convert (Travis Owens) attempts to alter the impressions of people he meets about homosexuality and his religion.I set out to review this movie without actually mentioning Ray Comfort, but it's impossible to do so since he's all over the picture. A full quarter of the 55-minute runtime is comprised of Comfort's signature street interviews, wherein he proselytizes to people who can't spot logical fallacies. His gospel tracts and booklets are generously highlighted throughout, as well. Comfort's not shilling for corporations, but he is peddling himself and his Living Waters ministry pretty hard, right up to the commercial for promotional material that plays over the credits. These wearying detours at least have the effect of making the dramatized portions of the film more palatable, but that's not saying much.The plot is a confused, meandering thing whose best attempt at an actual story is the drawn-out conversion of a character played by Molly Ritter. Most of the movie is Travis Owens' character walking into situations wherein he demonstrates how brave and selfless he (as a Christian) is, and it does not say much for a movie less than an hour long that almost every scene within it plays like padding. The best performer of the bunch is Ben Price, largely because his character remains detached from most major events and just performs impersonations at a comedy club. Everyone else acts with the kind of hamminess that's been a longtime staple of Christian cinema - portraying the caricatures of the starry-eyed convert, the meek postulant, and the angry non-Christian with modest energy. Things might have turned out better if the actors had slightly more graceful dialogue to work with than "She thought he was trying to hurt her; what she didn't realize was that he was trying to save her." While the sum of the film's technical aspects amounts to little more than B-movie fluff, its message is what ultimately earns this low rating. The film seems confident that it has found a thoughtful, non-extremist way of addressing homosexuality from a fundamentalist standpoint, but no amount of puppy-dog eyes from the lead star or high-score use of the word "love" can move me to endorse a message that boils down to "unless you practice what I believe about your nature, something bad will happen to you after you die." I'm already feeling bad for the LGBTQ individuals – children and adults alike – who for one reason or another will need to suffer through a screening of this. My appreciation of indie cinema has finally found an exception, and I encourage all to avoid this.
By definition, "audacity" can refer to sheer arrogance for the sake of arrogance, or boldness without any regard for self-preservation. In his latest film, "Audacity" (available for download on June 24, 2015), Ray Comfort and his staff at Living Waters Publications, graciously demonstrates the latter definition—boldness without any regard for self-preservation."Audacity" presents the truth with great compassion on the hotly debated topic of homosexuality and all that it entails (same-sex marriages, are people born gay, what does the Bible say about homosexuality, etc.). And there's no Disney-like scenes. It's real, edifying and offers true hope to all who watch this movie.This movie demonstrates God's definition of love—extraordinary compassion without compromising the truth. One of my favorite lines is from Peter (Travis Owens) who says, "If I really love people, then I have to say something. Love can't stay silent."
this kind and thoughtful film will help homosexuals live a life devoid of intimacy and human contact with the person they love. i know this is what Jesus wants for them. thank you ray and all the actors and actresses in the film. well, that really says it all, but IMDb wants me to complete 10 lines so: the actors and actresses are all pretty so i guess that makes it easier to like them? it is aimed at young people to offer them a way to argue that it's OK to sideline gay people forcing them to live a life without marriage or even a fulfilling relationship. acting is poor; script is very weak. points are easy to refute. generally, poorly made. don't think ray is going to win anyone over to his side with this movie.