I Can Only Imagine

2018 110 min ★ 7.5 Music, Drama

Growing up in Greenville, Texas, Bart Millard suffers physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his father, Arthur. When Arthur becomes terminally ill, he finds redemption by embracing his faith and rediscovering his love for his son. Years later, Bart's troubled childhood and mended relationship with his dad inspires him to write the hit song "I Can Only Imagine" as singer of the Christian band MercyMe.

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Cast

J. Michael Finley

Bart Millard

Madeline Carroll

Shannon

Dennis Quaid

Arthur

Trace Adkins

Brickell

Cloris Leachman

Memaw

Jason Burkey

Mike

Mark Furze

Nathan

Randy McDowell

Jim

Cole Marcus

Robbie

Alexander Dominguez

Kent

Details

Director

Jon Erwin

Tagline

"The song you know. The story you don't."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$7,000,000

Revenue

$86,086,881

Production

Kevin Downes Productions, Mission Pictures International, City on a Hill Productions, Imagine Rights, LD Entertainment

Reviews

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There-Can-Be-Only-One

March 18, 2018

★ 9/10

*Disclaimer: This isn't any sort of "official" review. This is just one ordinary movie-goer's opinion... Lovely movie. 😊 I honestly wasn't expecting much, but I wanted to support MercyMe, and I always like to throw my support whenever a movie theater plays a good, clean movie like this one. I was actually quite amazed by the production. It had the look of a big budget film (I have no ide...

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Simon Foster

April 19, 2018

"Though it will never be championed as an insightful work of either religious art or patriarchal psychology, I Can Only Imagine does manage to be a good film about a great song..." Read the full review here: http://screen-space.squarespace.com/reviews/2018/3/23/i-can-only-imagine.html

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Wuchak

February 18, 2019

★ 6/10

***The story behind the popular Christian band*** Released in 2018, “I Can Only Imagine” is a biopic of Bart Millard (J. Michael Finley) of MercyMe, spanning his childhood, the abuse of his father (Dennis Quaid), meeting his true love (Madeline Carroll), starting the band, low-rent touring, acquiring a manager (Trace Adkins) and eventual success with the band’s titular hit. While this semi...