Some of my right-wing friends have recommended Sound of Freedom to me. Based on what I've heard/read, the movie itself, as a movie, is fine and sheds some light on child trafficking. The conspiracy theory stuff is spouted by Caviezel and Ballard in interviews, but it doesn't come into play in the move. I am a Christian and support anti-child trafficking organizations like International Justice Mission - there's no doubt human trafficking is huge here and around the world, so the subject matter is important.
The criticisms I've heard are that:
1) While based on a true story, it stretches the truth to the benefit of OUR, the organization featured in the rescues.
2) It overemphasizes kidnapping as the means of child trafficking, when in reality the vast majority of child trafficking occurs via grooming by people known to the child/family.
3) OUR's method of posing as someone who wants to purchase a child may actual create demand.
4) OUR's financials show that not as much of the donated money actually goes to rescues as I'd like to see.
5) The end credit scene is a plea that basically says "if you want to help stop child trafficking, buy more tickets to this movie" which seems wrong to me.
I'd be interested in watching the movie. The views of Caviezel and Ballard doesn't deter me in the same way that Tom Cruise's views don't deter me from watching his films.
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