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In the spirit of the film, Spitfire Grill, Choosing Matthias is the story of a young couple who after losing their son Jason... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jeff Fahey | ... | Charlie |
 | Caia Coley | ... | Maggie |
| Dylan Kasch | ... | Matthias |
| Bo Hopkins | ... | Doc |
 | Bobbie Eakes | ... | Kay |
| Collin Raye | ... | Ron |
 | Patty McCormack | ... | Mrs. Leonard |
 | Paul Ben-Victor | ... | Chase |
| Ivo Bourgeois | ... | Jason |
| Shannon Pierce | ... | Susan |
| Paige Rowland | ... | Police Detective |
| Ajgie Kirkland | ... | Alex |
| Jake Wray | ... | Garrett |
| Bobby Dean Miller | ... | Dave |
| Jackie McGavin | ... | Taylor |
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"Choosing Matthias" is possibly the most cliché-ridden movie ever made, featuring a groan worthy, over-the-top performance by Caia Coley. Ms. Coley's directing is just as bad as her acting; she takes on both duties in this production, and fails at each.
Charlie and Maggie are a married couple touched by tragedy when their young son is kidnapped and killed in the big city. The requisite marital problems, rage, and god-questioning ensue, and the following ninety-odd minutes take us from one canned scene to the next. The ending is as maudlin as it is predictable, complete with an almost-literal cliff-hanger "climax".
Predictability is always a problem with movies like this one, but "Choosing Matthias" makes it all too easy for us to guess where things are going, even when much-needed exposition is missing from the first half of the movie. Every stock character makes an appearance: the wise-cracking delivery guy; the empathetic friends; the kindly old man; the concerned social worker with the permanently furrowed brow; the all-merciful deity.
It suffers not merely from atrocious acting, eye-rolling dialog, and a stale Christian "trials of Job" undercurrent, but from amateurish technical issues. There's a weird sound problem in a couple of scenes that makes some off-camera characters sound like they're talking into an empty Kleenex box. To extend the drama of several scenes, or perhaps due to a lazy (or broke) director who chose not to re-shoot, the frame rate is noticeably slowed, sometimes immediately before dialog.
Wow, this is one bad movie.