I love this movie so much

Masterful Movie

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Is actually a really good movie, not your nowadays mainstream Hollywood movie; but is really something for an specific audience. Luke Wilson, that's more than enough said. The humour comes from the type of guy that he is. I believe that with a different actor could've been more of a drama, or your religious type of movie. Either way, the movie will give you something to think about. Another point of view, not every person has an easy life, and the way that people like this deals with those strong emotions. I strongly recommend it for the "rainy days" or anyone going a bit crazy. I'll help at least a bit.

This is one of those movies that didn't necessarily hit the mainstream market, but it has a lot of spiritual and emotional power. Completely left me feeling better than when I started. Luke Wilson drew me in because I like him as an actor and probably would watch most anything stars in. But the story is first the troubles of the character and how he reacts to it. Anyone with or without faith may find this interesting, even if they don't have a spiritual home. It does send a powerful message. I loved it. Well, it looks like I need 10 more lines of text so here goes . . . potential spoiler. Luke's protagonist is found and believed to be dying, his neighbors find a miracle on the wall of his new house. The neighbors are amazing and there's a lot of faith based story in this movie. I am so glad Luke Wilson took this role, otherwise I would have missed on the opportunity to watch this wonderful film. I will watch it again . . . and I thought it has a spectacular ending!

Luke Wilson is hard not to like. I've tried to dislike him but he slipped by me.I wish this film had maintained a more consistent comic tone. I think if JD Salinger had been on the set, he would have said, "hey, can we throw some jokes here near the end?" At the beginning of the film, I like when Luke chastises the ladies for their trespasses, then he singles out the old woman and they cut to her. It seems to break the damn "tone" of the film but I liked it anyway.Not much later, he and the little girl are in the yard and he makes a joke WHICH SHE DOESN'T LAUGH AT, that "he has to go/he's busy" then he hops on the stationary bike. This is a sophisticated joke, very dry and subtle to deal to a little girl and it suggests that he's respecting her intelligence. She doesn't laugh and neither does he. Of course, she's "mute" but she also doesn't FAKE laugh, to indicate that she gets it. Neither does he. That's a nice moment. Also nice because he's depressed out of his skull but the girl brings intentional humor out of him. It's hard for a kid to dislike an adult who doesn't insult their intelligence as it's hard not to like a kid who shuts up once in a while.Then there's the bit about the clumsy blood-taker. Unnecessary but still appreciated, trying to keep it light.This is an ambitious film that tries to say a lot with music, light, some video-style editing, sun and memory. All the indy music was a bit much but who am I to criticize indy music? Nobody, that's who.Esperanza Martinez, who plays the irritating neighbor, is so good I sometimes wanted to kill her and wished Luke would, she was so damn irritating.When Luke woke up in the hospital and found Esperanza, if he had just called for security, I'd have been more happy.I just wish the film hadn't lost it's sense of humor somewhere along the line.

Caveat: This review may contain some spoilers. However, I'll keep it vague and I promise not to reveal any plot or story twists.I'm not a religious person per se but I do on occasion like a spiritually uplifting movie. Is this that type of movie? Well, sort of. Let's put it this way, it has a spiritual message. But getting there is a bit of a downer.The movie is about a guy who moves into a rental house that's a few houses down from the one in which he grew up. To say this guy is depressed is like saying Homer's Odyssey is a story about a boat trip. The thing is, this guy wants to be left alone. He wants to sit in his rental house and stare at the walls. He's short on patience, and he's quite rude to his neighbors and some of the people he meets in town.Obviously, and you realize this right away, this movie is about a person who is about to go through a character arc, and with all character arcs, something needs to happen to trigger the transformation. The 'something' in this story turns out to be what one neighbor -- and soon the whole neighborhood -- believes is the image of Jesus in a stucco stain on the side of the main character's house.I actually liked this movie. I'm a fan of Luke Wilson, and I thought the supporting cast did a terrific job. This is a slow, purposeful movie with a strong spiritual and even a religious side to it. I won't give away the ending except to say that I think it does something unintended. On the face of it, it delivers spiritually and religiously, but it does so in a way that makes you question the depths of the main character's true motivation. Was he simply depressed because of his situation, or was something else going on in his head? For me, when the movie ended and I thought about it a little, I realized it was all allegory.Bob