MOVIE
REVIEW
Title:
REDEMPTION OF THE
COMMONS
Rating:
Starring:
Jeremy Marr Williams,
Susan Lorraine Anderson, Ed
Silvera, Storm Smith
Written by:
K.T. Terry
Directed by:
K.T. Terry
Genre:
Drama
Running Time:
90 minutes
MPAA Rating:
NR
Production Company:
Windchime Pictures
Released by:
Exploration Films
Reviewed by:
Christian St John
Release Date:
Available Now : DVD & VOD
V
ictor is a man trying to make his
way in the world. Living from the
back of his van he is working hard
to establish a corporate branding business in
L.A. Unfortunately Victor is broke, owing
$93,000 in debt.
Victor’s world comes crashing down on him
when his latest pitch goes terribly wrong and
his van is repossessed. With nowhere left to
turn he makes a call to Pop, an elderly friend
from his past, who tells him to come home.
However, home is a rundown trailer park
filled with bad memories and broken
relationships.
Redemption of the Commons is low budget
movie from South Carolina. A deep drama
peppered with humor, this is a highly
watchable movie that shows that with God
anything is possible. For the tenants of the
trailer park, known as The Commons, life is
often hard and hopeless with no happy
ending in sight. But when they turn to God
and one another, their lives are forever
changed.
For a low (micro) budget movie the
production itself is pretty good. The picture
and sound are clear, the screenplay is good,
and the acting is above par, with everyone
turning in believable performances. I liked
that the rundown trailer park looked like a
rundown trailer park, not a particularly
pleasant place to live. This helped me to
see that for many people places like this are
home. And it helped me to see the hardship
and struggle some people live with on a
daily basis.
But it’s not all doom and gloom. The story
is ultimately one of hope. Like phoenixes
rising from the ashes, the residents of The
Commons pull together and use what
talents and gifts they have to make a better
life for themselves. Like a family, they
begin to rely on one another and discover
their purpose together.
The main message of the movie is, God’s
got a plan and a purpose for all of us. As
Pop says to Victor, “God’s got you a
purpose, and you’ll find it. And when you do
you’ll know, ‘cause you’ll dance.” And I like
that!
Redemption of the Commons is not a high
octane, multi layered storylined epic.
Instead this is slower paced story driven
movie, a gentle and highly relatable tale of
redemption, where people come together
to step into the lives God would have them
live.
CHRISTIAN REVIEW > 17