We are now only short seeing one nominee for Best Pictures for the Academy Awards, 2014. Last night we saw Philomena. When one knows the basics of a story, it is always wonderful to be as completely surprised by a film. Without any spoiler, the film is a must see and is now tied with Nebraska for my personal best picture selection.
These two movies, in totally different ways, take an everyday person through a journey of faith, one secular and one religious, but both very personal. Both put a brilliant actor in the role. Both resolve these journeys of hope in ways that the audience can relate to, both subtle and with a powerful message.
As a Christian following Philomena's relationship with her church was also a personal journey. There was no personal trauma on the scale of hers in my life, and I have been much less faithful. But after an hour and half living with two people whose views on faith were very different, one line summed up the core messages of Christianity. Don't worry you won't miss it and you won't forget it.
Philomena far surpasses the cinematic attempts at portraying the life of Christ thus far and I suspect it will be the same with the upcoming Son of God in delivering what Christianity, and indeed every religion, should be about.
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