Steve Martin could have won an Oscar for this portrayal. He certainly should have been nominated.
@blaineeverson68804 ай бұрын
Agreed!
@72floyd2 жыл бұрын
Without a doubt Steve Martin's finest performance. He made so many bombs and then you see this. Genius. The movie is one of the finest I've seen from that era and doesn't get near the recognition it deserves. And why the HELL do you never see it on TV?
@silverkitty25032 жыл бұрын
probably because it portrays preachers in a bad light ....even those who don't pretend to heal people...
@mindsigh42 жыл бұрын
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@mindsigh42 жыл бұрын
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@Mojo3211 ай бұрын
@@silverkitty2503It should portray these types in a bad light. They are con-artists, not Biblical preachers.
@silverkitty250311 ай бұрын
@@Mojo32 Biblical preachers dont really have faith. They dont believe in god. Not cognitively. If they did they wouldn't be able to speak about God like he wasn't in the room. Think about it pretend a celeb walks into the room and a person at a table next to the celeb goes on about how well he knows the celeb and what the celeb thinks and says about us and life ...right in front of that celebrity ...as if he wasn't there ...like he didnt even see him. That is a biblical preacher talking about God. They can't prossibly believe what they say. They can't even spot the real deal ...which is less than most con artists quite frankly.
@verinahorner7346 Жыл бұрын
Gets me every time that scene. Beautiful simply beautiful
@pilzj32632 жыл бұрын
This is a pivotal point of the whole movie, of how Jesus changed 2 persons through that occasion.
@Mojo3211 ай бұрын
Exactly. I pray that all understand this.
@burnikshrapnel4 ай бұрын
That look of disbelief in Steve Martin's face and his make believe acting right after. Awesome acting.
@burnikshrapnel Жыл бұрын
Favorite Steve Martin movie. Very heartbreaking backstory to his character as well.
@DARANGULAFILM18 күн бұрын
This film had the same sensibility and liveliness that Good Morning Vietnam yielded a few years before and Steve Martin was right up there with Robin Williams in this regard. His supporting actors dovetailed in flawlessly. Those were good years for filmed drama in many genres and it seems they are gone. Maybe the modern audience creates the difficulty. Maybe it is the marketeers who try to convince the audience as to what they should watch.
@yokimawhittaker44483 жыл бұрын
His faith healed him not the con artist preacher. 🥰
@pilzj32632 жыл бұрын
In all faith healing sessions it's understood that the one who heals is Jesus, not the preacher, not the singers, not the worshipers.
@drex231002 жыл бұрын
Dig a little deeper. Think back to to the scene when Steve Martin was jogging and they had that interaction. The seed was planted then. The kid healed himself with Steve Martin's prodding.
@mindsigh42 жыл бұрын
@@drex23100 yes, & the preacher was transformed, & it's suggested, in the movie, that he gave up mocking god.
@blacklearner27 Жыл бұрын
Yeshua said by your faith you are healed
@silverkitty250311 ай бұрын
We dont know what healed him....we know that he was healed. We know above all that hope is better than hopelessness and kindness is better than cruelty. We know that he was healed that is all.
@lolahernandez687128 күн бұрын
If u change the mind, the body follows. He was never physically crippled, they say it at the beggining of the movie, but his mind was , so his body followed.
@StepUpMedia03910 ай бұрын
I absolutely adore Parenthood but I have to rank this as Steve Martin's best performance. The ending is so beautiful.
@HamCubes3 ай бұрын
I played this yesterday for someone who realized too late or nearly too late that their gift was given, powered and amplified by the MH. Who are you, brother? The only difference between me and you is the difference in strength of faith in the MH. Develop that. Your faith doesn't have to be in the same religion. It just has to match in volume to match my potency.
@anthonyfowler26233 ай бұрын
Such a good movie
@FortunateJuice Жыл бұрын
It's easy to see why that really pissed him off. A confidence man like him never likes unknown variables like that kid.
@silverkitty250311 ай бұрын
He has studied his craft. I will give him that ... but well ... the real deal ..is the real deal.
@StepUpMedia03910 ай бұрын
He was only mad because he thought the brother and sister were conning the con man. He later accepts this miracle and leaves the con behind, while going to embrace the real thing...just as it starts raining.