THE GOOD BOOK

THE GOOD BOOK is a captivating story told completely without dialogue. This Christian movie shows a small Bible being passed from person to person due to the different scenarios and circumstances where each person’s life connects to the next one.

In the opening of THE GOOD BOOK, a young boy gets up in the middle of the night and wants to read his Bible. When the flashlight doesn’t work, he uses a match to light a candle that he blows out and throws in a wastepaper basket. Unfortunately, the match was not completely extinguished, and the family runs from the house as it burns. The boy’s family goes one way, and he runs out the other. Feeling the fire is his fault, he runs away.

The boy eventually finds himself at a camp for transients. While he’s there, a girl from a visiting church group writes in a small Bible and gives it to the boy. When an altercation breaks out at the camp and the boy is falsely accused and arrested, the investigator discovers he’s a reported missing child. When he reunites the boy with his family, the boy passes the Bible to the investigator.

From that point, the pocket Bible is there for a family grieving the loss of their newborn, when a church lady helps a homeless woman get on her feet, and when a mugger steals the woman’s purse with the Bible in it. It’s even there when an undercover Christian missionary operation turns to tragedy, where the Bible is found by yet one more person. . ..

THE GOOD BOOK is a nicely shot story told without words and only music. The original music score by composer Rick Holets is an essential part to telling this story and was done with excellence. A small, modest pocket Bible is a central character. It acts like a thread that weaves through the lives of others and connecting them sometimes in the oddest or most unexpected circumstances.

THE GOOD BOOK shows the strength and frailty of mankind and the need for the Savior for all. The movie also shows unfortunately the reality that not all will accept, and some will reject the Word of God in the Bible without even opening it.

THE GOOD BOOK has a very strong Christian worldview as various people give, accept or reject the love of Christ. It is highly evangelical, and Scripture verses are seen throughout the story. Caution is advised for older children, due to some adult themes such as an abusive alcoholic father and a wife walking in on her husband in his office where he’s romantically involved with another woman. Recurring themes throughout the story are redemption, forgiveness, repentance, love, and evangelism.

A few DVD copies of THE GOOD BOOK are available now on the movie’s website at www.goodbookmovie.com. Bridgestone will release the DVD in stores in January 2015.