

I Can Only Imagine
The song you know. The story you don't.
Growing up in Greenville, Texas, Bart Millard suffers physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his father, Arthur. When Arthur becomes terminally ill, he finds redemption by embracing his faith and rediscovering his love for his son. Years later, Bart's troubled childhood and mended relationship with his dad inspires him to write the hit song "I Can Only Imagine" as singer of the Christian band MercyMe.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $7M
- Box office
- $86.1M
- Language
- English
- musician
- texas
- abusive father
- redemption
- based on true story
- singer-songwriter
- father son relationship
- christian film
- christian faith
- independent film
- cliché
- contemporary christian music
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)16 Mar 2018
- Digital / OTT5 Jun 2018
- PhysicalPG12 Jun 2018
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPG10 Aug 2018
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalPG14 Feb 2018
AustriaAT
- Digital / OTT628 Sept 2018
BrazilBR
- Theatrical128 Mar 2018
- Theatrical1231 May 2018
FranceFR
- TheatricalU22 May 2019
- PhysicalDVD12 Oct 2019
- Digital / OTTVOD20 Jan 2020
- Digital / OTT10Prime Video3 Aug 2022
GermanyDE
- Theatrical627 Sept 2018
Hong KongHK
- TheatricalIIA24 May 2018
IrelandIE
- TheatricalPG10 Aug 2018
ItalyIT
- Theatrical7 Nov 2019
JapanJP
- Digital / OTTG13 Nov 2020
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/1227 Dec 2018
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I Can Only Imagine was released on 14 February 2018.
Audience reviews
3- T9/10
There-Can-Be-Only-One
3/18/2018
*Disclaimer: This isn't any sort of "official" review. This is just one ordinary movie-goer's opinion... Lovely movie. 😊 I honestly wasn't expecting much, but I wanted to support MercyMe, and I always like to throw my support whenever a movie theater plays a good, clean movie like this one. I was actually quite amazed by the production. It had the look of a big budget film (I have no idea how much the budge…
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Simon Foster
4/19/2018
"Though it will never be championed as an insightful work of either religious art or patriarchal psychology, I Can Only Imagine does manage to be a good film about a great song..." Read the full review here: http://screen-space.squarespace.com/reviews/2018/3/23/i-can-only-imagine.html
- W6/10
Wuchak
2/18/2019
***The story behind the popular Christian band*** Released in 2018, “I Can Only Imagine” is a biopic of Bart Millard (J. Michael Finley) of MercyMe, spanning his childhood, the abuse of his father (Dennis Quaid), meeting his true love (Madeline Carroll), starting the band, low-rent touring, acquiring a manager (Trace Adkins) and eventual success with the band’s titular hit. While this semi-modest inspirationa…
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