Beautifully Broken

God in people's lives.

I would enjoy watching again.

This world throws life-shattering things at people. This film depicts the horrendousness of and the slow recovery from two of these: genocide and rape. Hence, this movie is not suitable viewing for younger children. This deadly-serious subject matter is handled carefully in Beautifully Broken, with no gratuitous violence and most of the ghastliness done off-camera or merely implied (as is done with the rape scene). The language is also toned down to a tolerable but believable level, and is often somewhat underspoken, gentle, and/or healing.This movie is really about healing from great harms. There is a good bit of historical accuracy in the depiction of the Rwandan genocide and, in spite of the film's obvious attempt to not dwell on the sheer inhumanity or scale of the bloodletting, this is not a film for the squeamish or fainthearted.Interweaving three distinct story lines together into one coherent story is no mean feat, so there are a few moments where this movies seems a bit disjointed. But all three strands come together very nicely at the end, and the acting is very good throughout (with the exception of Michael W. Smith's occaisional mugshot at the camera).It's a beautiful story, oftentimes hard to watch (including flashbacks), but very much worth watching and discussing afterwards. This isn't about Christianity in velvet slippers, but the real world is like that either, is it?

Decent

Happy with movie content

I do not know any particular reason...but this movie makes me cry every time I watch it! I really like it!!!

This movie is about a family who, although they were growing through some tough times they didn't know how to deal with, reached out and supported a child in Africa. So many of those relief organizations in Africa do not have a good track record. You can find out if they are on Guide Star or other websites that check out how these organizations spend the funds they receive. I like to support those with limited salary overhead and advertising while providing more funds for the relief. But the charity presented in this film checks out. I am so glad because, except for Samaritan's purse, I wasn't giving anything for African relief.

Excellent movie about a very horrific time in the small African country of Rwanda. It's a time when Rwandan people of one tribal heritage brutally murdered hundreds of thousands of their fellow Rwandans of another tribal heritage. And the nations of the world (including the USA) did very little to stop the genocide. The movie tells how the lives of three families (2 in Rwanda, 1 in the USA) are interwoven. The subject and images are too horrific for younger kids.By the way, it's based on a true story and if you watch the end credits, you'll see pictures of the real people in the 3 families and additional information about how the three families are still connected and what they have been doing in the years since these events. Kudos to all involved, for doing such a fine movie with a modest budget.

God can put the piece of our broken lifes back together again

This film was done most excellently, would recommend to any Christian who loves the Lord and testimonies. not a good idea for anyone under twelve, probably better 14 plus.

This is great true story. It starts in the horror of Rwanda and ends with uplifting redemption.It is nice to see some stories of people who survived that horror.

Like all the stories in this movieEven all over the world these stories exist

A very moving story of three families who become intricately linked. Acting is mostly good, but still a movie that will hold your attention.