Who has time to think about the movie? I was too busy being scared by things in the theater. At the ticket stand: a sign promising you can “Thrill Your Date” — by buying a combo. In the theater itself: “I Can Only Imagine” on the Movie Tunes loop. Isn’t there some sort of tacit agreement that to be a crossover success you can’t mention Jesus? As it was, I was looking for the exit. (Later, the quasi-DJ promised “we’ll recycle ourselves and be right back.”)

After the confusion, I was glad to see the movie start. I’ve always enjoyed confidence scam/grifter movies, and I wanted to enjoy this one. Given this goal, I overlooked some quibbles (Dustin Hoffman was underused, Ed Burns’ voice grated at times, and the style/substance ratio went out of whack a few times) and found it a pleasing way to spend two hours.

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