Cronk’s Christian-based cradle of evangelizing feels one-sided in its customized cloying. Still, there is a sense of unfair play because the film never seems to bother challenging a contrasting point of view to its noble belief system. Sure, God’s Not Dead 2 is entitled to its personalized tilt when thumping its biblical leanings. The devout religious themes that are explored in Cronk’s thought-provoking showcase may be involving to those whose piousness is uncompromising, but for others they may be prone to the off-putting unbalance of perspectives. And with recent spiritual outings such as “ Risen,” “Miracles From Heaven” and “The Young Messiah” invading the box office this movie season, it would seem Hollywood agrees as we are subjected to yet another - the well-meaning but mawkish God’s Not Dead 2, the sequel to the surprise Christian uplifting hit from 2014, “God’s Not Dead.” However, director Harold Cronk presenting his sequel as a wholesome production is not necessarily a golden ticket to escaping the perceived realm of a heavy-handed, cinematic sermon. In our very cynical times one could argue that the kind of movie genre needed more than ever is the faith-based drama.

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