Where Hope Grows
2014
Action / Drama / Family

Where Hope Grows
2014
Action / Drama / Family
Plot summary
Calvin Campbell is a former professional baseball player sent to an early retirement due to his panic attacks at the plate. Even though he had all the talent for the big leagues, he struggles with the curveballs life has thrown him. Today, he mindlessly sleepwalks through his days and the challenge of raising his teenager daughter. His life is in a slow downward spiral when it is suddenly awakened and invigorated by the most unlikely person – Produce, a young-man with Down syndrome who works at the local grocery store.
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An washed up ex baseball player meets a young man with down syndrome and fines meaning to his life.
One of my favorites
I so enjoyed this movie. I think the reason that I liked it so much is that isn't wasnt over the top. This was a simple, honest movie of how most people come to Christ. We have a man who feels like a failure because his baseball career didn't pan out. He is a heavy drinker, who doesn't realize he's an alcoholic, which is something many people believer about their drinking. He is not only struggling as a man, but as the single parent to a 17 year old daughter. Then he meets Produce, a man who works at the produce section at the grocery store who has down syndrome. I'm glad they didn't make this movie about the disorder. That's not what message. Here's a man with down syndrome, a disorder that a lot people still see as "mad", and he's teaching another man how to live a better life simply by just being. I was waiting for the turn in the film where Calvin instantly and dramatically converts to being a Christian and was so pleased to see that it didn't happen. We got to see what we believe will be the start of Calvin and his daughter's walk with Christ and that's good enough for me.