I Still Believe (2020)
Directed by Andrew Erwin
The true-life story of Christian music star Jeremy Camp and his journey of love and loss that looks to prove there is always hope.
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Notwithstanding its real-life origins, I Still Believe is framed as something of an evangelical answer to the dying-girlfriend teen drama The Fault in Our Stars , from the copycat movie poster (a high-angle medium close-up of the lovers lying with their heads together, each upside down to the other) to the recurring star motif.
In fact, were the religiousness of the film not so overt, it could easily fit into the box of other recent ill-fated young romances like The Fault in Our Stars and Me Before You .
In a third act that riffs on everything from “Love Story” to “The Fault in Our Stars,” Jeremy takes his pain and converts it into something useful: his music.
We’ve seen it many a time, from “Love Story” to “A Walk to Remember” to “The Fault in Our Stars” to “Midnight Sun.”
This love story has the heart swells of The Notebook , the unexpected twists of a Nicholas Sparks novel, and the anguish of The Fault in Our Stars : The proof is your depleted tissue box.
We’ve seen it many a time, from “Love Story” to “A Walk to Remember” to “The Fault in Our Stars” to “Midnight Sun.”
Sanitized to the point that it makes “A Walk to Remember” seem like “Salò” by comparison.
A tragic, young adult, music-centered biopic romance is a brilliant approach: I Still Believe mixes A Walk to Remember with Rocketman.
In fact, were the religiousness of the film not so overt, it could easily fit into the box of other recent ill-fated young romances like The Fault in Our Stars and Me Before You .