Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Beautiful, moving film.

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

I was there. I knew all of those people. This is the most accurate depiction of the Charismatic movement of the late 60s, 70s, and 80s before everything went 'Evangelical.' There were good people in those circles, even a few saints, but many were just like the fools in this film--uneducated, narrow-minded, and essentially Hardshell Baptists with long hair and bell-bottoms.

I was intrigued by this film because it had to do faith and a serious questioning of it. But after watching the first 45 minutes of it, I'm like, what is so compelling about this film? The acting is fine. The shooting sequences are fine. Vermiga's acting is fine. Everything is fine. But I don't see anything compelling about this story.I'm jaded to tell you the truth. I wrote a screenplay that involves religious themes and faith. It never got produced. I felt my story is much more compelling than this story.List me five reasons why I should continue watching the rest of this film please. Thank you.

Higher Ground is a story about an honest search for faith in a fearful, posturing world. It is an unpretentious film. It is also Vera Farmiga's directorial debut and it showcases her signature style. She displays astonishing depths, carrying roles with integrity and intelligence. I've always noted that she has an atypical screen glamor that grows in its unfurling. In fact, it's a special beauty but it fits a needed niche. If you have ever walked the path of faith, honestly questing, be prepared for a cathartic, ambiguous denouement that may take you to higher ground. I enthusiastically recommend this soft, sad but lovely journey by cinema.

This amazingly intelligent and touching film, directed by Vera Farminga, her first, in which she also stars, was among the best I have seen this year. Farminga, known for Down to the Bone, Up in the Air, and a half dozen other fine films truly exhibits the range of her talents as an actress. The film portrays Christianity in particular, and religious faith in general at its best and its worst, depending on ones point of view. One thinks of the Tennyson quote: "there lives more faith in honest doubt than in half the creeds," I loved the scene of her outside the church building with the dogs, which took on an amazing symbolism in its context as she had just been warned by her Christian counselor that she would be cast out of heaven "to the dogs." The ending will surprise viewers. It is not predictable. The music is also powerful and authentic and carries the mood and spirit of the faith the film faithfully reflects.I think some of the negative reviews come from Christians who are offended at how this film portrays faith but there is no doubt that the kind of faith the film reflects is very alive and well, even though Christianity has many expressions around the world. This kind of charismatic evangelical fundamentalism is quite common outside the mainstream churches.