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Directed by | Dallas Jenkins |
Written by | Andrea Gyertson Nasfell |
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Cinematography | Lyn Moncrief |
Edited by | Kenneth Marsten |
Music by | Jeehun Hwang |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2 million [1] |
Box office | $2.3 million [2] |
The Resurrection of Gavin Stone is a 2017 American Christian comedy drama film directed by Dallas Jenkins and written by Andrea Gyertson Nasfell. Starring Brett Dalton, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, Neil Flynn, Shawn Michaels and D. B. Sweeney, the film was released by WWE Studios and Blumhouse Tilt on January 20, 2017.
Former child star Gavin Stone is now a washed-up, partied-out man. When he is forced to return home, he pretends to be a Christian so he can portray Jesus in an Easter play being produced by a megachurch. [3]
On July 29, 2015, it was announced that WWE Studios had acquired worldwide rights to the faith-based comedy from Vertical Church Films. [4] [5] On July 20, 2016, Vertical Church Films announced that the film would be released on January 20, 2017. [6]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 54% based on 13 reviews and an average rating of 5.3/10. [7] On Metacritic, the film has a score 36 out of 100 based on 5 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". [8]