Review of The Calling

I've never heard of evangelist Leeroy Jenkins prior to watching this movie, so I had no preconceived notions about him, nor did I choose to believe or disbelieve his alleged ability to heal through the power of God. I'm simply watching it as a film so whether or not this is based on truth, I cannot judge it. But as of film, it is very strange with some very uncomfortable moments, and for those who have gone to megachurches and returned to their own individual spirituality, it brings up more questions than it answers, and it's often disturbing to watch.

Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford wasn't campy and melodramatic enough or her brief stage role as Katharine Hepburn, try this out for size. She has a cameo here as Mae West, her face looking like a stroke victim yet acting like a female impersonator who is far past their Prime. The actor playing Liberace in that scene is equally as bizarre. The structure of the film hops from time to time and actor, director and writer Damian Chapa left me cold, especially when he tried to sing spirituals in an Elvis voice. This certainly is not a film that will have an interest to the mainstream, and for people who just watch it because of Dunaway's presence in it, she's just too much, just as two sequences are in his megachurch which shows no humbleness or sincerity.