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The Rapture | Year: 1991 Directed: - Michael Tolkin Actors/Actresses: - Kimberly Williams - Mimi Rogers - David Duchovny Classic Argument Masterfully Retold Simply put, the movie is a cinimatic representation of the timeless "problem of evil" argument against a benevolent God. That is, if God is so good and powerful then why is the world full of terrible things? Sharon turns toward God after living a less than fulfilling lifestyle. In the end, her devotion is met with pain and suffering including the senseless death of her husband and killing of her daughter as they wait for the rapture (which comes only a few days after the death of her child). The final scene depicts Sharon's choice between embracing a god that would allow such suffering in the world or spending eternity in purgatory. It is really well done and has not been repeated in anything I've seen. I would recommend this film to anyone, especially any amateur or professional philosophers out there who would like to see this age-old argument played out on screen. A good film? If you yawned you missed this one when it first came out in the movies years ago. An "R" rated look at the Christian Rapture, it scared off Christians with its rating and heathens with its topic matter, so basically had no audience. After watching it twice now, I still don't know what to make of it. The life of sexual hedonism and its emptiness is shown, but not to a degree that you really got the feeling she would be suicidal. Her Christian conversion and subsequent life changes were interesting, and true in many respects, but with the typical hollywood portrayal of all personal Christianity -- rather shallow. It had the feel that "7th Heaven" has as a TV show showing Christianity. The people trying to show what it's like are on the outside looking in, not those who trully experience it. The main character's turning back away from God is equally as puzzling. Things don't happen the way she expects "We'll give God one more chance", then she chooses actions that she can't forgive God for. She's in the desert several weeks, then shoots her daughter the day before the Rapture comes. Oddly, she never seems to figure out that if she waited one more day everything would have been fine, and God didn't ask her to shoot her daughter. The Rapture scenes are cursory and not filled out, which fits the movie. It's not deep theology and isn't meant to be. The film is much more about concepts than specifics. Some of the lines will make Christians cringe because they don't match Christian thought "God loves us because we love Him", but overall for a Hollywood movie they do a good job. I recommend the film, but I'm not sure why. You'll either like it or you won't, but for a semi shallow undertaking if does create a depth of thinking. Why is this movie not on DVD? One of the most powerful movies I have ever seen and to think Mimi Rogers didn't become a Big Star after this. She didnt even get a nomination but that tells you a lot about the Academy. Her performance outweighs anything Julia Roberts or Gweneth Paltrow has ever done. Buy The Rapture at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on The Rapture Search with the Priority Search Engine on The Rapture This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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