BLUE MIRACLE Producer Talks Mixing Faith into the Script
By Movieguide® Staff
BLUE MIRACLE is one of the most inspirational movies this year, and part of that is due to producer Trey Reynolds incorporating faith and family elements into the project.
“One theme that always stood out the most to me, was James 1:27 in Scripture about true religion is those who take care of widows and orphans,” Reynolds tells Movieguide®.
“[BLUE MIRACLE] is kind of a modern day story of how God’s heart is close to orphans and just the most vulnerable in our society,” Reynolds continues. “That that really spoke to me, and especially as a dad, just just seeing how the husband and wife–Omar, Becca, the orphanage–just like doing all that they can try to do what’s right and live a good life taking care of these kids, and then all of a sudden, a hurricane comes and they can’t afford the repairs of the orphanage and they’re just basically on their knees, going, ‘God, how? What do we do? Help us!’ It was a beautiful story of how God intervened and turned something really bad into a beautiful story.”
According to the Movieguide® review:
BLUE MIRACLE is a wonderful drama on Netflix. Omar is on the brink of losing the beloved all-boys orphanage in Cabo, Mexico that he and his wife, Becca, run. He enters a fishing competition with a fisherman named Wade. Omar and Wade are paired up in the competition by the man running it, even though they aren’t happy about it. Wade has won the competition twice, but now is a grumpy, jaded fisherman who doesn’t want to deal with Omar’s orphan boys. Will the boys get along on the boat? Will they catch the biggest blue marlin, win the competition and save the orphanage?
BLUE MIRACLE is a wonderful, heartwarming Christian movie that’s extremely entertaining, inspiring and morally uplifting. The movie is very well scripted. Every scene has heartrending jeopardy but also gives viewers several laugh. BLUE MIRACLE has very heartfelt moments showing that loving others is what God calls us to do. At the same time, the movie is well acted and very believable. BLUE MIRACLE has some heavy themes, but it can be enjoyed by the whole family.
Reynolds credits including the faith and family elements to what he learned from Movieguide® Founder Dr. Ted Baehr.
“Movieguide® is one of those organizations that I love and rely on to help get the word out and to encourage excellence in our industry and what we’re trying to create,” Reynolds says. “I remember coming to the [How to Succeed in Hollywood Without Losing Your Soul] class and Movieguide® a few years back, and it was just a continuing education of everything I’ve done in the last 20 years of just knowing that there are like-minded people working diligently in the industry that want to see faith and family movies succeed in the marketplace.”
Reynolds continues: “In the faith film world, we focus on heavy dramas or things that you can’t take your kids to go watch that might be great and wonderful for you as an adult, or a married couple. But that was one of the reasons I was really drawn to [BLUE MIRACLE] was like, ‘Hey, this is, this is a movie for the whole family to watch!’ I have four kids myself, and I was like, ‘I will buy six tickets to go watch this movie if it was in the theaters.’
“This is something I want all families to be able to watch, something that’s not only entertaining, and uplifting, but it has a lot of message behind it of the Gospel,” Reynolds says.
BLUE MIRACLE is available now on Netflix.
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