Tony and Elizabeth Jordan’s life looks perfect from the outside, but in reality it’s the complete opposite. They both constantly fight with each other and their daughter leaves no chance in causing destruction. Elizabeth then listens to the advice of Miss Clara and starts to fight for her family rather than against them.
An affluent African-American family is going through some domestic issues: Husband loses job, daughter is being ignored, mother has a foot-odour situation - the usual. The answer? Submit to a resurrected carpenter.
It's clear that the film, though proselytizing only at itself, is at least savvy enough to realize that "itself" doesn't necessarily look like Mike Huckabee or Pat Robertson.
[The faith-based] audience will respond to the movie's sunny, squeaky-clean look (courtesy of cinematographer Bob M. Scott) and the fervent sincerity of the performances. Let others be warned: the sermonizing is nonstop,
