<P> On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 70% based on 23 reviews, and an average rating of 6 / 10 . The site's critical consensus reads, "I Can Only Imagine's message will have the most impact among Christian audiences, but overall, its performances and storytelling represent a notable evolution in faith - based cinema ." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 29 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A +" on an A+ to F scale, one of fewer than 80 films in the history of the service to earn such a score . </P> <P> The Arizona Republic's James Ward gave the film 4 / 5 stars and wrote, "Too often faith - based films--say anything with Kirk Cameron or the terrible God's Not Dead series--tend to preach to the choir or hector their audience . The Erwins' films--I Can Only Imagine definitely among them--are more inclusive, charitable of spirit and hopeful, all qualities that are always appreciated, be they rooted in Christian faith or otherwise ." David Ehrlich of IndieWire gave the film a "C --" saying: "There's a reason why all of these movies are so amateurishly made; why they all end with links to religious websites; why they all look like they were shot on an iPhone by a Walmart - brand Janusz Kaminski who lit each interior like the white light of heaven was streaming through every window...Art can be affirmation, but affirmation cannot be art ." </P>

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