Growing up in Greenville, Texas, Bart Millard suffers physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his father, Arthur. When Arthur becomes terminally ill, he finds redemption by embracing his faith and rediscovering his love for his son. Years later, Bart's troubled childhood and mended relationship with his dad inspires him to write the hit song "I Can Only Imagine" as singer of the Christian band MercyMe.
"The song you know. The story you don't."
Top Billed Cast
J. Michael Finley
Bart Millard
Madeline Carroll
Shannon
Dennis Quaid
Arthur
Trace Adkins
Brickell
Cloris Leachman
Memaw
Jason Burkey
Mike
Mark Furze
Nathan
Randy McDowell
Jim
Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews
T There-Can-Be-Only-OneVerified TMDB Critic
2018-03-18
*Disclaimer: This isn't any sort of "official" review. This is just one ordinary movie-goer's opinion...
Lovely movie. 😊
I honestly wasn't expecting much, but I wanted to support MercyMe, and I always like to throw my support whenever a movie theater plays a good, clean movie like this one.
I was actually quite amazed by the production. It had the look of a big budget film (I have no idea how much the budget was), and was lacking the cheese element prevalent in so many Christian movies. It was remarkably well cast, and I was particularly impressed by both guys who played Bart - the...
S Simon FosterVerified TMDB Critic
2018-04-19
"Though it will never be championed as an insightful work of either religious art or patriarchal psychology, I Can Only Imagine does manage to be a good film about a great song..."
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W WuchakVerified TMDB Critic
2019-02-18
***The story behind the popular Christian band***
Released in 2018, “I Can Only Imagine” is a biopic of Bart Millard (J. Michael Finley) of MercyMe, spanning his childhood, the abuse of his father (Dennis Quaid), meeting his true love (Madeline Carroll), starting the band, low-rent touring, acquiring a manager (Trace Adkins) and eventual success with the band’s titular hit.
While this semi-modest inspirational flick is nowhere near as good as “Coal Miner’s Daughter” (1980) or even “La Bamba” (1987), it’s almost on par with the Johnny Cash biopic “Walk the Line” (2...
