"I viewed this film as an account of a PERSONAL, SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE. "

In which case it is mostly useless as a guide into the truth. Yet, people will view it as such and somehow derive comfort from the personal, subjective experiences of others rather than Scripture.

I read this review and what I took from it was that Pr Geise was damning the movie with faint praise (and frankly it should be damned because it portends to give spiritual truth without giving Jesus, as he said).

However, this subtle approach toward discernment, while it allows a speaker or author to avoid a lot of flack, does not serve less discerning hearers very well, as evidenced by many of the comments thus far on the thread. The very reason it serves to allow the author to avoid such flak is because it does not offend the people who have already swallowed the lie.