If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

I've seen this movie once and it is excellent. It shows that even in this day and age, purity before marriage is essential.Some may think its "outdated", but it is not. It is essential in our Christian life, not just on the outside, but also on the inside as well. The Bible did say that we should flee from youthful lusts.And at the same time, it is an encouragement to me as a Christian, and I do look to get married someday to a real God-fearing man.So if you're looking for a Christian film that touches on the subject of purity before marriage, I will highly recommend this power-packed movie to all teenagers, especially Christian teens. Its worth the watch.

I appreciate the message of this film. It's counter cultural, it's radical and most "worldlings" will say, "It can't be done!" Read the Gospels, the same things were being thought and said when Jesus was teaching the people.The message is not wrong, it's just very difficult to hear in this day and age when everywhere you go the message is that you are to try a bunch of people out until you meet "the one." That is, until they annoy you or get in your way, and then you divorce them and find another "the one." Serial dating trains for serial monogamy, multiple marriages and divorces.The movie also didn't do a very good job in showing how a young girl could be raised and interact with others her age to eventually meet the man she would marry. It should have shown her at church and at friend's houses (with parent's present) and other things for young people and families: picnics, bowling, hiking, amusement parks ... all the stuff that kids can and should do ... just not pairing off alone like people do today.Then it could have shown how over a reasonable amount of time, the girl and boy got to know each other, went to church together, talked about their faith and then it would be more natural to lead to the point of him asking her father for her hand in marriage.However, the acting is awful. The writing is painfully bad at times. But, I think the costumes and hair were extremely accurate as the story takes place in the mid/late 1980's and early 1990's. Believe me, I was there, and I am stunned that this film was made in 1998! The filmmakers must have raided a thrift store filled to the rafters with stuff from the 80's.I realize these actors are all amateurs. However, we have more and more films being made by decidedly Christian writers and directors and actors. Can't we have more education in the area of acting and writing and directing? Isn't there a school that doesn't compromise moral values while at the same time teaching what needs to be learned here to the modern day audience? We've all spent thousands of hours watching movies and have become quite expert in discerning quality versus junk.We need better than this! It's right to realize that films can be a great evangelizing tool. God Bless

I like the movie. It has great teachings... I won't say it is legalistic, because I don't find it like that. It says only what the Bible says. Nothing more or less. But we, "modern" people, don't like the idea of purity, not when it comes against what we are taught by society. Yes, kiss is a big deal. Satan wants to steal the value of it, but we are called to put value back into kiss, into sex. I am 21, and still waiting for the man God has for me. No kisses, no cuddling , no to anything that might bring me in a dangerous area. Don't stir up something you can't fulfill, isn't this what the Bible teaches? And one thing i am not => legalistic. But yes, I do want to be what God called me to be.

STD's, unplanned pregnancies, and the abortions that usually follow, are no laughing matter. Sure, the acting in _some_ Christians films isn't the greatest (although they've improved in the last few years), that's not the point. "Pamela's Prayer" is about living right in a world living wrong. The parameters in Pamela's life, put there by her father, are no different from the parameters the heavenly Father sets before those he adopts as _his_ children. God wants only the best for his children (as any human parent would), and so those rules are there to protect, not only the adopted child of God, but their future marriage as well. Pastor Paul Sheppard (Enduring Truth Ministries), once shared in a sermon that 80 to 85 percent of people who engage in premarital sex, divorce later on compared to those who don't.If this movie can keep just one young person from making the same mistakes I did, then this wonderful piece of celluloid has done it's job. Kudos to Rich Christiano and "Pamela's Prayer"!