I'm Not Ashamed

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How the strength of this young lady is not more celebrated is beyond me. Looking at the poor reviews vs. the strong story line is a microcosm of the brokenness of our world.

This is one of the best movies I have seen and it made me realize we need gun control and God needs to be the center of everything.

I'm not ashamed is really a shamed Christian movie the dialogue is really poor and the story is really bad taste and the whole movie is so cringe and really uncomfortable to watch is like the bloody prom scene of Carrie and really bad performances.

its such a beautiful story and is full of hope and compassion!!!

It's an Exceptional Movie Based on Faith One has with the Lord, And the Warmness-Kindness One Display when one has a relationship with The Lord & Covers the Impact Rachel Joy Scott had on Million's of lives & Continue's to this Day to be So Heartwarming & Nurturing to the Spirt.

Beautiful and moving! Negative reviews from anti-christian critics is a given with faith baser movies like this. Take it as an extra stamp of approval!

Great movie but just like the event it's has a tragic ending but very inspiring.

This movie is really ashamed.

There are better films about Columbine out there if you don't want to go the documentary route. In my opinion, the film "Dawn Anna" (2005) is easier to watch than "I'm Not Ashamed" and certainly more tasteful. I thought Lauren's movie was fine for the most part, and took an interesting focus (on Lauren's mother rather than on Lauren herself). It didn't go to theaters, instead it premiered on Lifetime, and you know how those types of dramas can be. It was a little campy at parts and felt sort of "slice of life"-ish, but overall, the movie handled its subject matter with respect and dignity. That being said, Lauren is barely in the movie, and so we don't get to know a whole lot about her as a person other than what her mom tells us. I would have rather seen a movie about Lauren, not just her mom, maybe produced by a network other than Lifetime. "I'm Not Ashamed," however, did come out in theaters and was produced by the Christian cinema company Pure Flix (which will already tell you what kind of movie this is going to be). It's loosely based off of the books Rachel's parents have written about her, and I believe Rachel's mother Beth was an executive producer of the film, according to IMDB. I don't think her father had much to do with the film and maybe didn't approve of it in the first place, which I completely understand. Even the way they portray him (or don't portray, rather) in the movie is kind of shady. To the movie's credit, and I say that lightly, it does manage to get a few things right. Some of the wardrobe for Rachel's character were actually clothes Rachel wore, provided on set by Beth. Rachel did sport quirky hats, she was deeply devoted to her faith, she kept journals, her parents did get divorced early on, etc. These are background elements, however, and it seemed to get lost in the false narrative that Pure Flix weaves. As for the acting, the actress who plays Rachel, Masey Mclain, does a pretty good job with the material she's given. Though in her early 20s, she's believable as a high school student, and she manages to portray a genuinely nice, if not slightly effervescent/naïve Rachel in most of her scenes. The other actors...well, they were passable but nothing Oscar-worthy. I've noticed a majority of them are regular Pure Flix actors and seem to believe in the narrative as complete truth. It was a weird thing to have some of the "Duck Dynasty" Robertson women in the movie. I know they've been featured in the "God's Not Dead" series, but why here? It's really jarring and takes you out of the real-ness of the movie. I could write a whole paper on the inaccuracies in the movie: what it got wrong, the mischaracterizations, the historical revisions, the period-inaccurate music and vernacular and aesthetic and hair and wardrobe (oh Lord, the wardrobe on some of the characters was awful... the overuse of flannel). The film looked like it took place in 2016 — 2012 at best. And I know that's a minor, superficial thing to pick at, but a biopic is supposed to put us in the world of the person whose life you're portraying. And the world this movie put us in wasn't the real Rachel Scott's 90s. It was Pure Flix's interpretation of a mid-00s GAP catalogue version of Rachel filtered through a cheesy Sunday School lens. The climax scene of the movie (the murder itself) is what gets built up throughout, and it perpetuates the narrative that Rachel was asked if she believed in God, she says yes, and then she's killed. There are conflicting reports on what was actually said and to whom it was said and who said it and where. But I also feel like that's beside the point of the movie. It's tasteless that this scene was re-enacted at all. I can't imagine watching this scene as someone who knew Rachel and went through a traumatic time grieving her. It seems like it would be very triggering, not to mention very inaccurate. I don't want to touch upon the portrayal of the shooters too much, that's another whole paper I could write. Eric and Dylan are depicted as one-dimensional, Nazi-loving atheists who were damned from the start, given no "why" explanation other than one or two cartoonish bullying incidents, violent video games, and Hitler. It's...counterproductive to say the least. Rachel's characterization is also kind of off. The movie goes out of its way to show how kind and loving and accepting she is (all things that are true), but it also portrays her a bit too perfect and holier-than-thou at times (Pure Flix movie, dontcha know) which I don't think is accurate no matter who you're portraying. Though she comes off as sweet, this version of Rachel feels fictional and filtered and less relatable from the down to earth, creative, and fun-loving girl that she really was. "I'm Not Ashamed" gives off an exploitative, insensitive, revisionist vibe, and I don't think it's worth more than one sit-through, if that. It had potential to be an accurate movie honoring the real Rachel, and it completely dropped the ball. This film is frustrating and disappointing because the beginning is a little promising, but as it progresses, you realize how far-removed it is from reality. Honestly, I think if they had done a mini-series about Rachel's life and accurately portrayed her personality and showed her positive impact on others, produced by a company other than Pure Flix, that would've been a better approach.