MOVIE
REVIEW
Title:
CHRISTIAN MINGLE
Rating:
Starring:
Lacey Chabert, Jonathan
Patrick Moore, Stephen
Tobolowsky, John O’Hurley,
David Keith, Morgan
Fairchild, Corbin Bernsen
Written by:
Corbin Bernsen
Directed by:
Corbin Bernsen
Genre:
Drama, Romance, Comedy
Running Time:
103 minutes
MPAA Rating:
PG
Production Company:
Home Theater Films
Released by:
Capitol Christian Dist.
Reviewed by:
Leah St John
Release Date:
January 13, 2015 : DVD
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ritten and directed by Corbin
Bernsen (TV’s L.A. Law, Psych)
Christian Mingle is a dramedy
that follows a 30 year old woman who is
searching for her soul mate. With no luck
finding that special someone, and being
the last single woman in her group of
friends, she decides to give online dating a
try. After lying about being a Christian on
her profile, she ends up meeting a great
guy through ChristianMingle.com. But
when she is eventually called out for faking
her belief in Christ, she finds herself on an
unexpectedly life changing journey.
Christian Mingle is a wholly entertaining
film with a well thought out story, which
includes laugh-out-loud funny, dramatic,
and poignant moments. And though it
might fall into the rom-com category, it has
enough content to keep both male and
female viewers equally entertained.
Topics covered during the course of the
film include love, trust, faith, and the
search for truth. The Gospel is presented
well in this movie, and it is also shown that
there is more than one way to worship and
live out your faith. And unlike many other
faith-based movies, Christian Mingle
unabashedly calls out a lot of so-calledbelievers, in that it takes more than just
saying that you believe in God coupled with
an occasional trip to Church to be a
Christian.
Also worth noting is that Christian Mingle
has a good number of recognizable actors
attached, including Lacey Chabert (TV’s
Party of Five & Baby Daddy), Stephen
Tobolowsky (Groundhog Day), John
O’Hurley (TV’s Family Feud & Seinfeld),
Morgan Fairchild (TV’s Chuck), and David
Keith (An Officer and a Gentleman). The
performances from all actors are great
throughout the movie, with each one
confidently playing their respective role.
My hats off to Corbin Bernsen for making a
movie that not only has an engaging and
well written script, but that is also well
directed and produced. Christian Mingle is
certainly his best feature film yet (some of
his other films include Rust [2010], 25 Hill
[2011], and Beyond the Heavens [2013]).
Christian Mingle is a well made and
thoroughly enjoyable faith-based dramedy
with some depth that exceeded my
expectations.