TrueHello
Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
Calum Hutton
It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...
Philippa
All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
Kimball
Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
Kirpianuscus
...is the basic sin of this bizarre film. it is a lesson of a boring teacher, it is a preach from a not brilliant pastor but it is not a real film about Noah and the flood. and, sure, many religious films are made for a precise and small public. but, in this case, more details are different. first, the story. who is just a sketch. second - the too obvious moral message,, mixing contemporary social problems with the period of the flood. not the last, the effort of Joanne Whalley and David Threlfall to save a lost cause. it is not a bad film. only an anonimous one. un convincing. and soulless.
Inaxsesable
While the film quality of the film was OK this was clearly not the Christian version of the Film. I did not even know that Islam and Hindi faiths had their own version of Noah's ark with some pretty substantial deviations. This is not quite as much of a heresy as Russle Crowe's version but it is still an awfully big departure.
broncster-49912
I just watched this movie, not knowing about it 2 years ago when it came out. I really enjoyed the humour and 'real-life' story line of a family who might wonder where Dad (Noah) got his direction from, and how the people who live in the 'city' were a depraved society. Once I was finished watching it, I read Wikipedia accounts of Noah and it was interesting to find out the Qur'an's version of Noah has this 4th son, and the Baha'i faith's version apparently indicates the extra human (40 or 72) occupants in the Ark. Regardless of this extra 'non'-Christian content, I agree that the ending was too abrupt (I find many Christian movies this way) but up to the ending, it was a good, entertaining, enjoyable movie.
dan1213
I feel like this TV movie could have been condensed into 60 Minutes as the middle section felt like it dragged on just a bit too much and i found the end not very satisfying, as someone said in the comments below, 'blink and you'll miss it' has never been so true with regards to the flood, some heavy rain followed by a cut back to show the Earth from space followed by them walking on dry land again, i found that very anti climactic.It features a mish-mash of different accents and ethnicities, i understand this is the 21st century but as this drama was set so long ago i feel the BBC didn't need to be so politically correct as it takes you out of your suspension of disbelief.They tried hard to give the characters some back story in a vain attempt the make us care about their fate, and i wouldn't say it failed completely, David Threlfall put in a great performance as did his wife but their children didn't have any individuality or personalities, they were all very wooden and seemed to be reading from a script quite obviously.They were quite cheap on the effects like the storm itself and the boat didn't look particularly durable but then again this isn't a blockbuster movie, if you're willing to overlook that and the mixture of characters and accents then you'll find it to be watchable if not memorable.
