(Dan Anderson / Lionsgate Entertainment) Jon Erwin & Brent McCorkle’s new historical drama Jesus Revolution puts into perspective how much has evolved since that radical, crazy counter-culture half a century ago. Boys with long hair, girls with short hair, living out of wedlock, living in vans, playing drums in church. Things that come across incredibly quaint compared to anything progressive going on in 2023. Even the most traditional church in the south probably now allows guitars and drums during service. In Erwin & McCorkle’s film, we view a group of youths who are suddenly inspired to seek out religion after experiencing too many ‘good times’ as hippies. Quickly, young people who were once outcasts are now part of the same following as their parents’ generation. Hippies who still wear the same clothes and use the same vernacular, but have abandoned drugs and casual sex for Christianity. The funny thing is, this really did happen by the time the 1960s ended. You might already know this because quite a lot of classic rock musicians eventually became Christians by the late 1970s. Singer-songwriter Barry McGuire, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman of the Byrds, Richie Furay of Buffalo Springfield, to name a few. This period from the late ‘60s to late ‘70s birthed the term ‘Jesus freak’ and the music subgenre Christian rock.
I am happy to see your review. I was curious!
Sweet for Jonathan Roumie that he could keep his beard et al for this role.
I'm watching this one.