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2010 "What if God gave you a second chance?"
6.4| 1h51m| PG| en
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Fifteen years ago, Ben Walker made a decision to leave his college sweetheart and ultimately his faith, in order to pursue a lucrative business opportunity. Now with a high-paying career and a trophy fiancé, he is visited by an angel, who gives him a glimpse into what his life would look like had he followed his calling.

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.
Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
chow913 What if Hercules married Buffy the Vampire Slayer? It would be really really boring!!! This is why Christianity is losing! Christian movies are horrible! So some Christian preacher actually saw Jim Belushi and Linda Hamilton in 'Mr. Destiny' and thought, "Wow, what an inspirational film which deserves a remake."? Hercules stars as a heartless ruthless money obsessed businessman. But since this is a family film he's totally free of drugs and STDs. So he's really not that bad of a person.A near death experience via a sports car accident allows Hercules' guardian angel Cliff from 'Cheers' to give him another chance at life. What if Hercules hadn't become a greedy businessman and had instead married his small town high school sweetheart Buffy? Hercules appears in church where he's a husband, father, and pastor of some non denominational Christian sect. Let's see, only one wife of legal age? That rules out Mormonism.This scene is reminiscent of the famous 'The 39 Steps' improvised impassioned speech scene. Except here it doesn't work! So Hercules lost all his money but is married to Kristy Swanson? What, did they fall in love because they were locked in an attic together for 3 years 4 months and 16 days? If this were real life Hercules would spend the next several years making up for lost time and re consummate their marriage. Hey, their married, it's not immoral or anything.But of course we have to waste 90 minutes going through the motions of Hercules realizing the emptiness of greed and value being a husband and father. It's the type of script where the audience has already figured out the plot and is just waiting for the characters to finally catch up.Seriously, there is no chemistry between Hercules and Buffy at all.Predictably Cliff eventually sends Hercules back in the real world where he rushes to his small home town to profess his love for Buffy whom is still unmarried after 15 years!!! She predictably resists but then reciprocates his bland love.So the moral of this story is that in 15 years Buffy became an old maid so pathetic she couldn't get past her high school boyfriend to have a successful marriage to someone else? And that the key to a happy life is to marry your high school sweetheart right after graduation? (after Alan Thick soiled her from the ages of 16 to 18) I can find NO redeeming reason to see this film other than to marvel at how despite putting on weight Kristy Swanson has really kept her looks.Kevin Sorbo despite putting on weight has also kept his bad acting.
jfarms1956 This is a family film. The movie feels like a remake of "It's A Wonderful Life." What If is a movie which can lead to each of us questioning our choices that we made in life. Kevin Sorbo gives an adequate performance of both a high financial negotiator and a Christian minister. However, I still see Kevin Sorbo as "Hercules" the hero of the common man and noble of spirit. In both his roles, Kevin is still "Hercules" -- hero of the common man with the feelings of the common man as well as being noble of spirit. It is a good movie to watch in the afternoon rather than the evening, although OK to watch in the evening. The movie has no real stressful moments and is easily forgotten once you watch another movie. Enjoy.
aesgaard41 I like everyone else recall Kevin Sorbo more for "Hercules The Legendary Journeys" than anything else. Even two of his major motion pictures, "Kull" and "Meet The Spartans" were cousins and/or extensions of that role so to see him playing someone more mortal is a dramatic leap. In "What If?," Kevin plays the same character as Nicolas Cage in "Family Man," a successful businessman who discovers the alternate life he might have had if he had made another choice; in this instance if he had followed his religious training and become a preacher. Kristy Swanson plays the girlfriend he left behind and the wife he could have had. Disney actress Debby Ryan plays their teenage daughter with an attitude, and John Ratzenberger, the voice behind all those Pixar films, is the wise angel that takes Kevin on his alternate reality trip. One of the fun parts is that Kevin references "It's A Wonderful Life" when he goes fighting against his role as a husband in the married universe. The plot is very predictable, but the religious undertone is not as strong as you would thing. Although its called a comedy, the humor is subtle; the film is actually more fantasy than a straight comedy, but it is very enjoyable and likable. I'm sure a lot of people will appreciate the religious connotations in this film, but as a family fantasy, adults may get it more than kids.
TxMike We found this one on Netflix streaming movies. As most others have recognized, we right away said "this is a different version of 'Family Man' with Nick Cage." And it is, although both of them were inspired by older movies which play on the same theme.That theme is, what would your life be if you had made a different decision at a critical point? Both movies treat the beginnings and the ends very similarly, but the middles are totally different. In "What If" Kevin Sorbo is Ben Walker who 15 years earlier was telling his girlfriend goodbye at the bus station as he was about to leave for 7 months. She was worried but he assured her "Nothing will come between us." Well 15 years later Ben is a very single, very smart, very wealthy, Harvard-educated businessman with an instinct for closing deals. And making lots of money. He is about to be made partner in his firm, and to celebrate he buys an expensive car. As he is driving towards his old home town the car acts up, gages all flash, the car dies.Reminiscent of the Don Knotts character in 'Pleasantville' who showed up with a new remote, John Ratzenberger as Mike the Angel shows up with a tow truck. He doesn't waste a lot of time telling Ben that he has been sent by 'the guy up there' to show Ben what his life would have been if he had returned to his girlfriend.That girlfriend is Kristy Swanson as Wendy Walker . After Mike the Angel puts Ben's lights out with one punch, Ben later awakens at his "home", complete with a wife (Wendy) and two cute daughters. It is Sunday, they are getting dressed for church, and Ben finds out he has just become their new pastor of this little white church in his hometown.So the movie, even with its serious theme has many funny parts. All three main actors are very good in their roles. We get to see how Ben handles this "glimpse" into the life he failed to choose.SPOILER, the ending: Ben is removed from his "glimpse" but is moved by the experience. He wants Wendy, he wants a family, and he wants to become a minister. When he looks her up, she is at that same station, about to take a bus to the city. He pleads with her to stay, but she thinks it is too late. She gets on the bus, then Ben watches it roll away. But then it returns, Mike the Angel is the driver now, and as it rolls away again Wendy is standing there with her suitcase. Then it flashes to a few years later, their daughter's birthday, Wendy pregnant, and we see the same scene that Ben had seen in old home movies during his "glimpse".