usafa93 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.

The_Phantom_Projectionist 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.

nm4701284 That is the main purpose of the film: to remind us that if we are good friends to someone and we want to help, doesn't matter the circumstances, we need to speak up. That's something that people forgot along the history trying to be politically correct and not upset anyone. But we all know: truth hurts sometimes... and it hurts so much that the receiver is in denial.The subject of the film: if being gay or not is a sin, if it's right or not... it depends on how you look at the "6" or "9" drawn with chalk on asphalt. And... here's your chance to look at it from both sides and decide which one you like to see.The author: doesn't stop to amaze me with the logic and the simple arguments that he's talking to people and how he gets people to agree with him. He has an unique style. I watched "180" and to see how people turned around regarding abortion was just beautiful.I give it a 10 because the film is done beautiful, the cast and crew did a good job and the story is powerful.PS :) I don't care if you don't agree with me :) Is my opinion :)

agonist Let's be honest, this movie could be the cinematic equivalent of Schindler's List and it would still get hundreds of one star ratings from viewers who are offended by the message.On the other hand, people who agree with the message are likely to give the movie a higher rating than it deserves in order to promote a viewpoint they agree with or simply as a reaction to the numerous 1 star reviews.To try to arrive at a real rating for Audacity, let's compare it to another movie people have strong, mixed feelings about: Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, which rates 6.5 on IMDb.Audacity has better acting, a more coherent plot, and two scenes where characters express actual emotion. Objectively, this should earn Audacity at least a 6.6 rating.The polarization of reviews for this movies suggests that if you are an evangelical Christian, you will really like Audacity; if you dislike Christians or support gay marriage, you will despise this movie; but if you are somewhere in between, you may find Audacity to be a decent movie which sincerely addresses a sensitive and controversial subject.