The Most Reluctant Convert is grounded in intelligence and reason, an underlying emotional resonance immersing us in the fullness of Lewis as so wonderfully brought to life by McLean in Lewis's middle-aged years and by Nicholas Ralph ( All Creatures Great and Small) at the time of Lewis's actual conversion to Christianity. Tolkien would ultimately challenge his unbelief. Both the play and the film are based primarily on Lewis's memoir Surprised by Joy, this relatively slight 73-minute film manages to capture the significant points in the life of the man many know primarily as the creator of The Chronicles of Narnia. Filmed largely in and around Oxford, U.K., The Most Reluctant Convert quickly introduces us to McLean's Lewis as the narrator of the film and a constant presence in it even as we travel back-and-forth to experience the tragic death of Lewis's mother when he was nine-years-old, his subsequent strained relationship with his father, his declaration of atheism at age 14, his nightmarish time in the trenches of war during World War I by age 19, and his journey to Oxford University where friend J.R.R. One can only hope the film will find the audience it so richly deserves. The Most Reluctant Convert enjoyed a limited theatrical release and now embarks on its streaming release with Trafalgar Releasing.
Intelligently directed through a lens of faith by British Christian Filmmaker Norman Stone, The Most Reluctant Convert is a quietly captivating motion picture that is undeniably theatrical in presentation and destined to appeal most thoroughly to those who are persons of faith and those who can immerse themselves in a stage adaptation that still feels very much as if we're sitting in our homes watching the stage experience come to life. Lewis in The Most Reluctant Convert, an adaptation from McLean's own stage play chronicling Lewis's remarkable journey from hardboiled atheist to becoming the most renowed Christian writer past century.
Max McLean mesmerizes as the middle-aged C.S.
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