Directed by:
Steve RaceScreenplay:
Galley MolinaCinematography:
Keith J. DugganComposer:
Bruce FowlerCast:
Michael Madsen, Ja Rule, Adrienne Houghton, Stephen Baldwin, Martin Kove, Vincent Pastore, Michael Rivera, Zahn McClarnon, Alicia Urizar, David Jean Thomas (more)Plots(1)
Cars. Good looks. Mansions. Money. Women. Miles Montego has it all. Including a past. He was king of the streets as a high-level drug trafficker, and although he has tried to move on, the DEA isn't convinced. Miles is still rolling with his old friends and colleagues, and the feds are certain he has not fully retired from his criminal past. When Miles meets Vanessa Leon, a woman who is different than every other woman he's met, he is drawn to her beauty and her faith. She is a "church girl" in every sense of the word. Increasingly, he is torn between a life that he knows and a love that he feels. As Vanessa experiences his lavish lifestyle, mobster-type friends, gun play, and encounters with past women, Vanessa must reconcile her faith in God and her growing love for Miles. Both are tested to their last ounce of faith and strength in God and each other. God continues to chip away at Miles through struggles from his past, having to live up to his reputation, feelings of unworthiness, the death of his mother, federal charges, his friends being indicted, the strain on his relationship with Vanessa, almost losing her in a near-fatal car accident, and finally the spiritual breakdown that brings him on his knees to face God one-on-one. I'm in Love with a Church Girl is a powerful, inspiring story of a love between a man and a woman, a gift of second chances, and a family at home and in church that never stops praying and believing. (High Top Releasing)
(more)Videos (1)
Reviews (1)
The title clearly suggests what we are likely to witness. The Bollywood-style top half of the poster only emphasizes that. This is gonna be a romance. And not just any old romance. The man is a cool customer who formerly had deep ties to the drug trade, and his situation remains precarious even today. In this case, the woman will be a strongly religious naïve person who doesn't have an issue with wearing a neckline that would struggle to hide even a lentil. These two, who don't seem to fit together, will somehow find their way to each other, especially as he skillfully raps quotes from the Bible with a Ja Rule face. As a strong atheist and someone who believes they have a taste for good films, I simply can't stand this heap of silly romantic clichés in a wannabe cool dramatic film. It’s visually flashy, with below-average acting, and script-wise, it's contrived.
()
