There's a feedback loop here where the only people who would watch this would rate this very high on principle alone. It is one of the worst movies of 2022 so far, it is not what the rating suggests. This is a Christian movie aimed at Christian mothers who find love and romance in the real world a bit icky and hard to understand. This movie stands to reinforce their believes in a 'traditional' romance that never actually existed, and to teach the next generation the same.

This is a very simplistic story that states that it is based on the book of Hosea. Actually doing so would be narrative suicide. You can say many things about the Bible, but a "great story" isn't one of them. Hosea is an impenetrable mess of a story that is so unclear that no writer or actor could portray it. It uses a few verses here and there as some general plot points, then presents the truly horrific tale that Hosea actually is, in a positive light.

I say this, because this movie portrays itself as an intellectual Christian investigation of how love conquers all. It does this by citing the Bible to let you know that this is a movie that's not only safe to let your tortured daughter watch, but it's maybe something she should watch given that it must be educational.

This is a truly terrible movie, with underlying tones that are deeply unsettling. It's scarily misogynistic, and is a morality tale in that you should believe the opposite of whatever the main characters believe.

One very biblical thing to happen is that the protagonist, a prostitute, finds her estranged abusive father unwittingly becomes her client. Her reaction to this is to intentionally hate-fuck him, and give him a great time to punish him. How does this punish him? Because he finds out the morning after and kills himself due to shame.

As I said earlier, I can definitely see this as something a Christian mother lets her daughter watch when she's older to teach (shock) her into believing a good Christian girl shouldn't have sex or you'll turn into one of this filthy whores reviled by everyone and the right man is the man who loves and serves you - but refuses to have sex with you. After you're married this man, you may never divorce, because divorce leads to girls not having father figures who stop them from having sex. Without a father, girls turn into fifthly whores. Oh, and you might have to fuck your dad at some point, so best not to risk divorce just in case.

The only saving grace is that, as Owen Swart pointed out, many scenes, and the overlying romance, is softcore Christian porn. That daughter from earlier probably has this on DVD and watches it over and over, but not for the reason her mother thinks. After the initial confronting story, she'll certainly be filing a lot away in the wank bank for later. That will genuinely teach her more about herself than this movie ever will.