STILL HOPE

Name: STILL HOPE
Item: STILL HOPE
Author: Review

"Finding Faith After Tragedy"

Family Content: -2 Extreme caution for older teenagers and adults.

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What You Need To Know:

STILL HOPE, based on true stories, is an unflinching look at the realities of sex trafficking. 16-year-old Hope’s world is forever changed when, after sneaking out to meet up with an online friend, she’s kidnapped and forced into prostitution. After years of being held captive, Hope is eventually rescued but struggles to re-enter her old life. When she moves into a rehabilitation home for girls who’ve been trafficked, Hope begins to process what happened to her and embarks on a hopeful healing journey.

STILL HOPE is honest in its depictions, without being excessive, leaving viewers to fill in the blanks. However, the movie begins to drag in its second half, with little to no drama to keep viewers captivated. STILL HOPE has a strong Christian worldview. It stresses faith, forgiveness and family. Hope is frequently counseled to search for forgiveness for herself and others. Her family never stops trying to find her. Also, characters encourage people to pursue a personal relationship with God. STILL HOPE has some violent and scary scenes, and mature themes. So, MOVIEGUIDE® advises extreme caution for teenagers and adults.

Content:

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Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:

Very strong Christian worldview stresses faith, family, and forgiveness (the title character is frequently counseled to search for forgiveness for both herself and others), plus the title character’s family never gives up on trying to find her, several scenes show characters attending church and praying, and discussing faith and encouraging others to pursue a relationship with God, and one scene depicts a baptism;

Foul Language:

Two light profanities, plus a character is called a slut, and another character refers to herself as a whore;

Violence:

Several scenes with thematic violence, a character is tackled to the ground, a character is slapped several times, blood is seen in one scene when a character is hit in the face several times, and implied rape and forced prostitution;

Sex:

Nothing is shown, but it is implied throughout that the main character, as well as the other girls she is held captive with, are having sex with many men;

Nudity:

One scene featuring brief naturalistic upper male nudity;

Alcohol Use:

No alcohol use;

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:

A character smokes a cigarette, another does cocaine, title character is drugged against her will by her captors and winds up becoming addicted; and,

Miscellaneous Immorality:

The main character lies to her family to sneak out of the house and meet up with someone, characters kidnap girls and force them into trafficking and prostitution.

More Detail:

STILL HOPE is a drama about a 16-year-old kidnapping and sex trafficking victim, including her journey to regain a normal life after being rescued.

Hope is a regular teenage girl, prone to arguing with her parents and spending too much time texting friends. One night, she sneaks out to meet up with a boy she’s been messaging, and winds up kidnapped by sex traffickers.

Hope is forced to take drugs and fornicate with men. Her captors threaten her, as well as the lives of her family. She spends years in captivity, but after finding the courage to speak to a woman in a public bathroom, Hope is saved.

Hope’s problems are far from over, however. She struggles to re-enter “normal” life, plagued by nightmares and doubts about her Christian faith. She winds up moving to a rehabilitation home for girls who have been trafficked and slowly begins to rebuild her life. . . and her relationship with God.

STILL HOPE is an unflinching look at the very real tragedy of sex trafficking. Hope’s experiences are portrayed starkly but not excessively, allowing viewers to fill in the blanks. However, the movie drags in the second half, with little drama or emotion to keep audiences interested.

STILL HOPE has a strong Christian worldview. The movie stresses the importance of faith, forgiveness and family. It features many scenes of characters attending church, praying, speaking about their own experiences with faith, and encouraging others to embrace God. There are some violent and frightening scenes, as well as a few scenes showing drug use. Otherwise, it features no objectionable content. MOVIEGUIDE® advises extreme caution.