A Rapture story with its heart in the right place: that is, in sympathy with the poor souls who are left to wonder what sort of God just snatches away their kids, their parents, and their airplane pilots. According to the tagline, The End of the World Has Only Just Begun. Practically, that means we don't have to deal with the dead rising from their graves, plagues of demons, or the arrival of the antichrist. Instead, we get a family drama: Mom (Lea Thompson) drank the Rapture Kool-Aid, Dad (a mournful Nicolas Cage) let his eye wander, daughter (Chloe Steele) got mad at what religion did to her family, and son (Major Dodson) just stayed sweet and innocent. We also get a disaster drama, since Dad is piloting a flight to London when a bunch of his passengers vanish, and he's left stranded in the air. Also a 12 Angry First-Class Passengers drama, as folks attempt to figure out what just happened. It's a brave film that opens with a half-hour of airport conversations about Biblical prophecy, the problem of evil, and the irrationality of faith. Unfortunately, "brave" does not always equal "good." It's all too much, done not well enough, reaching vainly beyond its modest grasp. (2014) — Matthew Lickona
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