Mountain Top (2017)

★ 7.0 1h 42m IMDb
Drama Mystery Family

A lawyer-turned-preacher living in a small Appalachian town is pursued by an eccentric man to represent him in court. Now involved in a case that ties into his own small-town life, the former attorney agrees to help a man.

Mountain Top

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Barry Corbin
Barry Corbin as Sam Miller Age 85 · Lamesa, Texas. USA Leonard Barrie Corbin (born October 16, 1940) is an American film and television actor. His is best known for his role as the pompous former astronaut Maurice Minnifield on Northern Exposure (1990–199...
Coby Ryan McLaughlin
Coby Ryan McLaughlin as Mike Andrews
Valerie Azlynn
Valerie Azlynn as Peg Andrews Age 45 · New London, Connecticut, USA Valerie Azlynn (born November 25) is an American actress who has appeared in several television shows and movies..
Lin Shaye
Lin Shaye as Muriel Miller Age 82 · Detroit, Michigan, USA Lin Shaye (born October 12, 1943) is an American actress. In a career spanning over fifty years, Shaye has appeared in more than a hundred feature films. She is regarded as a scream queen due to her r...
Danny Vinson
Danny Vinson as Braxton Hodges Age 71 · USA Danny Vinson (born May 6, 1954) is an American character actor..
Burgess Jenkins
Burgess Jenkins as Bobby Lambert Age 52 · Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA Burgess Jenkins (born October 24, 1973) is a film actor known for work in the 2000 film Remember The Titans (as Ray Budds) opposite Academy Award winner Denzel Washington; as Hilary Swank's husband Da...
Director Gary Wheeler
Cast Barry Corbin, Coby Ryan McLaughlin, Valerie Azlynn, Lin Shaye, Danny Vinson, Burgess Jenkins, Gregory Alan Williams, Bob Gunton, Rachel Hendrix, Sydney Penny

Audience Reviews

Wuchak 7/10 Nov 14, 2022
**_The LORD wants you to do pastoral work, not be a lawyer! (Or maybe not)_**

A pastor living near the mountains in western North Carolina (Coby Ryan McLaughlin) is approached by the wife of a man in jail for serious embezzlement. The couple (Barry Corbin & Lin Shaye) insists that God wants him, a former lawyer, to be the defense attorney. But why take time away from his pastoral ministry to defend a criminal? Unless, the man’s not a thug at all.

"Mountain Top” (2017) is a crime drama written & directed by a coproducer of “War Room” (2015). While not as powerful as that film, it’s at least on the level of "God's Not Dead" (2014) and "Do You Believe?" (2015), just not as evangelistic and with a scenic mountain town milieu.

It’s refreshing to watch a crime drama with overt verbiage concerning God and faith, yet it’s thankfully done in such a natural fashion it comes across low-key and not overdone.

Valerie Azlynn is on hand as the pastor’s wife. She looks like a tall version of Valerie Bertinelli when she was young.

The film runs 1 hour, 42 minutes, and was shot in Huntersville & Charlotte, North Carolina.

GRADE: B

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