Flywheel (Director's Cut)
by Alex Kendrick
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Actor: Blake Bailey, Jansen Barnes, Lisa Arnold, Roger Breland, Rosetta Harris ArmstrongDirector: Alex Kendrick
Brand: SONY PICTURES HOME ENT
Producer: Lisa Arnold
Producer: Alex Kendrick
Writer: Alex Kendrick
Producer: Barry Carr
Producer: Daniel Van Cleave
Producer: John Hemken
Writer: Stephen Kendrick
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Director's Cut, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-11-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Flywheel (Director's Cut)
Movie Review: ~ It has it all...laughter, tears, a message that will convict and encourage
Summary: 5 Stars
My husband went to Heaven 5 yrs ago. I am raising our 11-yr-old son by myself. Some days I just want to give up, because it is so hard to touch this boy's heart and help him see WHY anyone would want to submit every area of his life to a God who took his Dad away. He wonders why he should allow someone else to boss him around because it would make him feel like a slave.
I picked this movie based on the reviews here. I have turned off our cable TV service, and I've been feeding his mind with good movies about God and about men in history who have led exemplary lives. It is so easy to grade ourselves on a curve, based on the lukewarm integrity and devotion to God of most of the people around us. I want my son to see what a truly sold-out-for-God man looks like. How he lives his daily life and makes the hard choices. How his actions are honorable even when no one is looking at him. And most of all...WHY a man would choose this life of servanthood to God.
I loved this movie. I laughed my fanny off. My favorite part was when one of his older customers gave him an attitude adjustment for cheating her, lol. I cried through the entire movie. It was so touching. I also made compromises that I thought I could live with when I was a younger Believer. And I, too was wrong about that and had to face the humiliation, confess publicly, and make things right. Nothing in my life has ever been harder to do.
I was absolutely shocked when my son gave this movie a 10. Maybe something he saw will stick in his mind and lead him to Jesus for life. I could give no greater gift to my husband...or to myself. To those who made these movies, thanks from the bottom of my heart. Keep doing it!!!
~Connie
Summary of Flywheel (Director's Cut)
Jay Austin wants to sell you a used car, but watch out! Many victims have fallen prey to his smiling face and hasty promises. Austin does everything his way until his dishonesty and manipulation are repeatedly exposed. Like many men, he becomes disgusted by the masks he wears and lies he tells. While having a classic convertible repaired, Austin begins a humorous and inspiring journey to win back the hearts of his wife, his son, and his community. In every man's life, there can be a turning point. When Jay Austin makes his turn, he never looks back.Flywheel is the first film from the creators of Facing the Giants and Fireproof. Used car salesman Jay Austin (writer/director Alex Kendrick) swindles his customers and teaches his assistant salesmen to do the same--but despite the profits, something gnaws at him. When he realizes that his own son doesn't respect him, Austin has a conversion and accepts God into his life. This would be the end of most spiritual stories, but Flywheel finds a warm comedy in the obstacles on the path of righteousness; Austin discovers that being right with God means grappling every day with what it means to be honest. Though the filmmaking is raw (the editing is often clumsy and the cinematography is flat), the story is well-paced, has a gently ironic sense of humor, and Kendrick's central performance is compelling. Kendrick is just as persuasive as a man struggling to emerge from a joyless life as he is when he's rediscovered his faith but finds it constantly tested. Though Flywheel is forthright about its Christian inspiration, the story is about actually living a moral life, not about abstract spiritual truths. The result is a movie that looks towards heaven, but has its feet on the earth. --Bret Fetzer
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