NR | 1h 13min | Drama | 3 November 2021 (UK) In adapting Max McLean’s stage play “C.S. Lewis Onstage: The Most Reluctant Convert,” director Norman Stone resisted the temptation to add any filler and as a result the running time is a scant 73 minutes which might leave some viewers feeling a tad cheated. What Stone’s film might lack in quantity is more than made up for with the quality of the content. If anyone were to nitpick it would be with the omission of Lewis’s brief marriage to American author Joy Davidman and the lack of detail regarding his fictional and non-fictional written works. While the film covers the bulk of Lewis’s relatively short life, it concentrates mostly on his religious beliefs (or lack thereof) and it does so in ingenious ways. Max McLean Reprises His Stage Performance Reprising his stage role as the elder version of Lewis, McLean (dressed in mid-20th century period garb) …
Film Review: The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis: Excellent but Not Complete
December 16, 2021
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