Occasionally hilarious...occasionally as clumsy as the film-within-a-film that the goofball main characters are creating.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 28, 2020

Luke Barnett and Tanner Thomason's spoof of a lucrative niche film industry is consistently amusing, admirably respectful, surprisingly heartfelt and occasionally laugh-out-loud.

| Oct 26, 2020

Faith Based ultimately proves to be a really charming, very smart and frequently funny ride with a unique satirical target and a sweet cast.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Oct 21, 2020

'Faith Based' has an over-the-top, campy, docu-film feel that makes it a bit funnier than it probably should be.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 19, 2020

A very funny comedy that lands some solid punches.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 19, 2020

Faith Based is fair-minded and a lot of fun. It's a sincere effort that is anything but mean-spirited. A digestible, smile-inducing watch.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Oct 16, 2020

Comedy starts strong but fizzles out; pot use, swearing.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 13, 2020

The movie, while it maintains an edge, really doesn't have a mean bone in its cinematic body. I love the way the friendship is depicted with realistic dialogue and great chemistry between the two leads.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 12, 2020

It is clever without being glib and never condescends even as it is making fun...In an entertainment world packed with options, you might not feel like taking a chance. But sometimes, well ... you might want to have a little faith.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 12, 2020

I love the initial cynicism of this sendup of Christian cinema, and love even more how it goes on to punch up rather than down, and embraces sincerity and friendship with good cheer and gentle zing.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 9, 2020

This independent comedy proves surprisingly smart as the script by Luke Barnett skewers religious movies, their marketing and the audiences that flock to them.

| Original Score: 2.5/4.0 | Oct 9, 2020

Is "Faith Based" the answer to the prayers of comedy-starved movie buffs? Not entirely, but it's no plague of locusts, either.

| Oct 8, 2020

It pokes fun at Christian films while also telling a character-based story and taking the issue of belief quite seriously.

| Oct 8, 2020

The title may make it seem like the movie is going to be constant jokes about faith based films. There is some of that, but the story explores much more.

| Oct 8, 2020

Pity, or prayer, couldn't change the fact that "Faith Ba$ed" is abysmally unfunny.

| Oct 8, 2020

Hilariously pokes fun at Christian cinema without being cruel.

| Original Score: B+ | Oct 7, 2020

The dynamic duo of Luke Barnett and Tanner Thomason carry "Faith Ba$ed" as a buddy-movie-leaving the making of a 'Christian based film' as a minor subplot.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 20, 2020

This satirical comedy takes aim at those who take advantage of the faithful in a story that contains shades of the religious exploration of Dogma (1999) and the spunky underdog filmmaking of Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008).

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 27, 2020

The script is solid and the chemistry between Barnett and Thompson works.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jun 8, 2020

A surprisingly affectionate and compassionate tale of bum-luck charisma, uphill determination and lasting friendship.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 28, 2020