Closer to GOD
Rating: 4.6
Plot Summary:
This modern day Job like tale of an up and coming Christian lawyer who has come a long way from the streets of his childhood. He and his family are faced with several tests to their faith including betrayal, success, death and greed. He is up for becoming partner in his law firm. He has moved his family only 5 minutes away from his old neighborhood to a gentrified, upstart high-class community in order to try to stick close to his roots. The Boss at his law firm tells him after he wins a major case he is a shoe in to get the promotion to full partner. One of his childhood friends is indicted on a murder charge. He takes the case thinking they are innocent and starts to investigate; only later on does the young lawyer find out that the friend is guilty and now he wants to drop the case. Because of his decisions now, his loyalty and his family's life are put in jeopardy. His old neighborhood is now threatening him and his family for trying to drop the case. A mysterious financier is …
Director: Keenan Jamelle Robinson
Running time: 1h 17min
Genre: Drama
Release date: 21 May 2019 (USA)
Cast: Justin Fisher, Marvin Fisher, Shanika Gillespie, LaCamera House, Kyle Jarrett, Jill Jones