Set in rural South Carolina during Prohibition, Milltown Pride serves up an evangelistic drama about a privileged 17-year-old, Will Wright (Thomas Sneed), who defies his well-to-do father, Ezekiel (Darren Lawson), and takes a job at a fabric mill in order to play baseball for the company team. Will hopes to attract the attention of a pro scout, and for a while he does everything right: living clean, working on his swing, courting a Christian girl named Ginnie (Rebecca Kaser), and, above all, staying away from moonshine whiskey, the bane of other players with fewer prospects. But Will eventually succumbs, starting on a downward spiral from which there's no way out until he accepts that he isn't living for himself, but for Jesus Christ. While the Christian message is strong, director Tim Rogers's film suffers from weak acting, wooden action, and little sense of period atmosphere. Still, this will appeal to audiences who appreciate finding born-again Christian values couched within a generally entertaining narrative. A strong optional purchase. (T. Keogh)
Milltown Pride
Vision, 135 min., not rated, DVD: $19.99 Volume 27, Issue 2
Milltown Pride
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