The Shack (2017)

Genre: Drama

Directed by: Stuart Hazeldine

Cast: Sam Worthington, Octacia Spencer, Graham Greene

Running time: 132 minutes

Mackenzie (Mack) Phillips suffered abuse at the hands of his alcoholic father as a child. Now an adult, he lives with his wife and three kids in a house where religion holds a very important place. After his youngest daughter is kidnapped and killed by a serial killer during a camping trip, Mack’s life falls apart. One day, during the next winter, Mack finds in his mailbox a typewritten letter inviting him to the cabin where his daughter’s torn dress and blood were found.

Based on the William P. Young novel of the same name, The Shack is an overlong long sermon and a melodramatic mess. I was bored to tears shortly after the beginning, and the fact that it was over two hours long made it even worse. The story had potential, but it fell very short.

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