By SABREENA BURKS
Student Writer
The most popular song by the band MercyMe is now a feature movie.
The movie stars Dennis Quaid, Trace Adkins, Cloris Lachman and in his film debut J.Michael Finley.
Based on the real life story about Bart Millard, it is a story about finding faith, family and rebuilding relationships. The story talks about how Bart Miller deals with his estrange relationship with his father’s abusive and negative ways throughout his entire life right until he leaves to find himself and comes across the band MercyMe. Over time the band performs for a manager named Scott Brickell and it hits off from there. Along the way, there are some ups and downs for the band but the only thing that is keeping Millard from success is remembering everything from his father’s abusive ways towards him. When he finally goes home to see his dad, he learns of his father’s changing ways and illness, Millard reconnects with his dad right up until his dad’s death. Thus the song I can only imagine was written. My thoughts on the movie is that I don’t like it…I love it! The way the story was told is actually what happened as being told by Bart Millard himself. What impressed me the most is that many of the scenes were filmed in Oklahoma. The farmhouse in the beginning of the movie was filmed in Yukon, the Centennial Rodeo Opry, OKC Farmers Market, Del City’s Castel Row Studios and the Civic Center in Downtown Oklahoma City. By seeing this movie over spring break, o would have to say that it was an amazing story, just remember to bring a tissue if anybody is planning on seeing it since there is an emotional scene that would make a person cry. On a scale of five stars, this movie gets all five. But if there was a scale of ten stars, this movie deserves all ten.