Ernest Otto (John Ratzenberger) has recently lost his wife and is having difficultly in finding hope for the future. Matthew Stevenson is hurting due to his the pending divorce of his parents which leads to some poor choices. When this unlikely pair come together, a beautiful mentoring relationship helps Otto once again find purpose in his life and Matthew find direction in his life. Together, they find that through faith they can accomplish great things. Through Otto’s mentoring Matthew learns not only the skill of woodworking but also how to live his life in a manner that would be pleasing to Jesus. Otto also finds himself mentoring Matthew’s parents and guiding them to a healthier marriage with Christ as the head.
The Woodcarver (rated PG) is a follow-up to the movie What Would Jesus Do featuring John Schneider which we haven’t watched. We’ll probably add that to our list of “to watch” family movie night movies. We found that The Woodcarver shares many similarities to another movie – The Last Brickmaker in America which we enjoyed a few months ago during one of our family movie nights.
Overall, we all enjoyed the movie. We found ourselves talking through the movie when a variety of situations arose with the teen and parents or with the interactions between the parents. It definitely lends itself to a great deal of discussion about the family. We also talked about the importance of putting Christ first in a marriage and family as this was one of the central themes in the movie.
If you’re looking for a clean movie for family movie night, you’ll want to add The Woodcarver to your list.
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we just watched the movie Up with the boys and they loved it
We watched Rio recently.
I would love to win this movie!
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It must be a great movie!
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We love Christian moovies. One of my favourite is Facing the giants.
This is one I missed out on reviewing, so I’d LOVE to win
it 🙂
would love to see this movie
Would love to see this movie.
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This looks like a wonderful family film! I would love to win! Thank you for the offer!
Sounds like a wonderful family film!
We make pizza and watch a movie every Friday night. It’s hard to find movies that are family appropriate.
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I’ve heard a lot about this movie. Thank for the opportunity to win!
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My son and I watched Night at the Museum which was fun.
We love watching movies in our family. We recently watched an Elmo movie 🙂