Screen Door Jesus
Pilgrims flock to the dusty town of Bethlehem, Texas, after an image of Christ appears on the stretched-out screen of an old woman's front door; meanwhile the townspeople, introduced through an Altman-esque weave of story lines, wrestle with religious questions. The so-called miracle—an optical illusion created when sunlight hits the screen—provides a witty metaphor for the vagaries of faith, and the individual tales, adapted by writer-director Kirk Davis from short stories by Christopher Cook, are often neatly drawn. But taken as a whole, this independent feature might best be described as aggressively thematic, the characters so focused on spiritual issues they sometimes seem to be carrying out homework assignments. R, 119 min.
By J.R. Jones
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