Where Hope Grows
Calvin Campbell is a former professional baseball player sent to an early retirement due to his panic attacks at the plate. Even though he had all the talent for the big leagues, he struggles with the curveballs life has thrown him. His life is in a slow downward spiral when it is suddenly awakened and invigorated by the most unlikely person - Produce, a young-man with Down syndrome who works at the local grocery store. Faith, work, purpose and most importantly family, blossom into Calvin's life as their friendship develops. The unlikely pair becomes intertwined giving Calvin's life new meaning and purpose, but unfortunately leads to tragedy due to single decision echoed from Calvin's past.
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9 March 1972, Exton, Pennsylvania, USA
12 September 1974, New York City, New York, USA
May 14, 2015
Chris Dowling's second feature at first seems anodyne enough, but once the plot mechanics kick into high gear, the film becomes as unsurprising as a prix fixe menu.
May 14, 2015
What elevates the movie is the solid performances by Kristoffer Polaha and David DeSanctis.
May 22, 2015
Moving faith-based friendship drama not just for believers.
May 14, 2015
"Where Hope Grows" wears its heart on its sleeve, hawking its message of salvation through faith to anyone who's in the market for cheesy uplift and saccharine sentiment.
May 22, 2015
More admirable for its effort than its execution.
May 12, 2015
Writer-director Chris Dowling handles [the] worrisome premise with a more even hand than this genre's ill-advised predecessors ...
May 14, 2015
Not to be flip, but "Where Hope Grows" has the potential to be a decent inspirational film until God shows up.
May 14, 2015
A Christian drama about a boy with Down Syndrome who works wonders in the life of a depressed alcoholic.
May 14, 2015
Like most if not all faith-based entertainments, "Where Hope Grows" embraces the idea that God works in mysterious ways. But it also insists that God helps only those who help themselves.
May 30, 2015
DeSanctis is a force of nature, and for the most part this is less of a Bible thumper than a Bible tapper, but it gets downright shameless in the third act.
May 14, 2015
Director Chris Dowling should have taken another swing at his script for the sake of clarity and dimension before cameras rolled.
