The Shack

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The Shack

PG-13

2017

2h 12m

Drama

Fantasy

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After suffering a family tragedy, Mack Phillips spirals into a deep depression that causes him to question his innermost beliefs. Facing a crisis of faith, he receives a mysterious letter urging him to an abandoned shack in the Oregon wilderness. Despite his doubts, Mack journeys to the shack and encounters an enigmatic trio of strangers led by a woman named Papa. Through this meeting, Mack finds important truths that will transform his understanding of his tragedy and change his life forever.

Critics Consensus

The Shack's undeniably worthy message is ill-served by a script that confuses spiritual uplift with melodramatic clichés and heavy-handed sermonizing.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

06/28/2017

2/5

Perhaps there are Christians who will appreciate The Shack's Oprahfied universal heaven, wherein no bad deed goes punished. But it made us pine for the Book of Job God to spitefully hurl leviathans and behemoths.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

06/11/2017

1/5

Making a sincere film about religious faith is a tricky thing to pull off. And this folksy dose of misguided manipulation demonstrates many of the common pitfalls.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

06/09/2017

2/5

Touchy-feely New Age therapy runs headlong into evangelical Christianity in The Shack.

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Juan Pablo Russo

EscribiendoCine

09/11/2024

2/10

The Shack attempts to offer a message of redemption, but it does so in such an explicit and moralistic manner that it ends up alienating any viewer who does not share the film's religious vision. [Full review in Spanish]

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

10/30/2019

3/5

Essentially a parable at its core, like the book, the film challenges traditional Christian viewpoints, notably in the visual interpretation of God.

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

10/05/2019

1/5

The Shack is as graceless as its monosyllabic title.

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Darcie J

01/09/2022

Every time I watch this movie I pick up more. Very awesome and worth watching multiple times.

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Kat L

@Cozmikitty Apr 4

It’s really too bad that most people only write negative reviews because this film is profound, and very moving. It can bridge the gap between Christianity and spirituality. I found this film deeply inspirational and beautiful. It’s about the process of faith, forgiveness, and healing on a level that defies the ego based world that we live in. I watched this film after opening up my narrow minded Christian ways into a more spiritual, more accepting way of thinking. It helped me work through forgiveness for myself and for others. I highly recommend it. Those with narrow minds I have a hard time seeing God is anything but a man, and Jesus should be a Middle Eastern man… He certainly wasn’t white! The Holy Spirit has no race or denomination, I thought it was beautiful that it was portrayed by an Asian woman.

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krugg27 T

@krugg27 Jan 10

Garbage, absolute garbage. This movie justifies evil, evil people, and abusers! This movies like this one that shouldn't be allowed to exist

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Pa T

@RT37521722 Nov 17

Very well done, doesn’t get to the point quite as quickly as I would like, but it illustrates important theological concepts like existence of pain & suffering, and the value of same. I will be watching this again. I believe this is told from a "Christian" perspective, rather than a Roman Catholic one, but it doesn’t detract to my mind.

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I Am F

@Creepblaster Nov 8

Somehow, this movie managed to surpass my expectations. It is well-crafted, thoughtful and heartfelt without conventional elements in mainstream films. It's cheesy, it's simple, it's clichéd, that's why I like it.

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Dianna W

@RT65604514 Oct 14

This movie does an amazing job of answering questions most people have asked at some point in their lifetime. It’s refreshing to see something honest and hopeful, instead of the mainstream despair that’s often fed to the public and has caused everyone to grow accustomed to it and overall desensitized.

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Stuart Hazeldine

Director

Sam Worthington

Mack Phillips

Octavia Spencer

Papa

Aviv Alush

Jesus

Radha Mitchell

Nan Phillips

Alice Braga

Sophia

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Synopsis

After suffering a family tragedy, Mack Phillips spirals into a deep depression that causes him to question his innermost beliefs. Facing a crisis of faith, he receives a mysterious letter urging him to an abandoned shack in the Oregon wilderness. Despite his doubts, Mack journeys to the shack and encounters an enigmatic trio of strangers led by a woman named Papa. Through this meeting, Mack finds important truths that will transform his understanding of his tragedy and change his life forever.

Director: Stuart Hazeldine
Producer: Gil Netter, Brad Cummings
Screenwriter: John Fusco, Andrew Lanham, Destin Daniel Cretton
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Windblown Media, Summit Entertainment, TIK Films, Gil Netter
Rating: PG-13 (Thematic Material|Some Violence)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 3, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 16, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $57.2M
Runtime: 2h 12m

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