I was hoping I would love the movie and I was so relieved that it lived up to expectations. It walked a fine line by staying true to the Biblical account, but also remaining family-friendly and not too scary for little kids (I had a 6, 13, 15, and 17 year-old with me and they all loved it). I appreciated the pacing and how they didn't draw out or agonize over just David and Goliath, but kept right on moving with other aspects of David's life. They covered a lot of ground and gave some nice small story arcs to smaller characters that fit in nicely overall. Jonathan's ending was beautiful and devastating (it reminded me of Finnick in the Hunger Games). I was choked up. Ditto for the ending. Such a beautiful message about fully yielding to God that was done very well. It almost started to feel a little long in the last third, and just when I was starting to check the time, it picked up and had a fantastic climax, denouement, and ending. Highly recommend.

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