Gimme Shelter is holding just a 37 Metascore (based on critics’ reviews), but if you read them, you’ll see the biggest complaint is it is too “preachy”. If this is the only reason to not like a movie, then you are missing the purpose. User ratings however put it at 6.6/10 currently, and 80% on Rotten Tomatoes, which is about how I felt about it.
I thought this movie was good. I knew nothing of Vanessa Hudgens going in to the movie, I’m too old to have seen High School Musical, which I guess was her big break. But this movie also has Rosario Dawson & James Earl Jones, both fine actors in my opinion. The acting was so-so throughout (Hudgens I thought is superb, some of the supporting cast not so much), and the story felt very rote (it is based on a true story, and the movie seemed sort of paint-by-numbers). But it is overall an enjoyable 2 hours to spend, and you certainly root for Hudgens’ character, who was dealt a rough hand from birth and wants nothing more than a helping hand to get her on the road to redemption.
If like some of these critics, the mere mention of the Bible or a couple verses read here and there will turn you off, you can skip this one. If, however, you want to see a heart-warming story of a young person struggling to overcome, this is well worth seeing.
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