Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

Both Brown and Hall play their roles with just the right amount of pious pride and vulnerability.

It’s thanks to Hall that Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. stays afloat as long as it does. And it’s because of her intensity that the rest of the film’s shortcomings stand out so much. There is magic here, but it’s not ready for a rebirth quite yet.

I want Regina Hall to get her roses, the rose bush, the garden, the ground and any piece of land she wants for this performance.

Unfortunately the movie mostly avoids the more surreal or mystical possibilities of its satire. I still enjoyed it, for sure, but there are missed opportunities.

Writer-director Adamma Ebo takes a knowing approach that finds amusing gags that are sometimes obvious or unnerving. And there's enough complexity in the story to take in both broad nuttiness and darker emotions.