PROUD MARY (2018) Movie Review
There is freedom through unconditional love.
Psalm 82:3 - "Give justice to the poor and the orphan; uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute." (NLT)
Proud Mary is a powerful love story between kindred spirits, the Romeo and Juliet that always should have been. Mary is a woman trapped in a career she hates with a crime family she fears. She desires freedom and needs someone to love her.
That person is Danny, a twelve year old orphan who is also trapped in the dangerous world of crime. He deals drugs for a competing gang. His boss starves, threatens and beats him. By the time Mary finds him, he is homeless and on the verge of death.
James 1:27 - "Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you." (NLT)
They secretly become a nurturing mother-son pair. She cares for and protects him. She becomes the mother she never had and always wanted. They grow in love, unconditional love. Thus, she rises above her circumstances for the sake of an innocent child in danger of following her same path.
After liberating him from his circumstances, she finds the strength and courage to liberate herself. Together, they find the love, strength and courage they desire. They learn to fight for their freedom.
Like Romeo and Juliet, they come from opposing families and wish to escape their miserable lives. Unlike Romeo and Juliet, they declare their love and fight to keep it. They accomplish their desire for a better life.
1 John 1:9 - "But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness." (NLT)
Everyone is trapped in the bindings of sin. The liberation we crave comes from Jesus Christ who loves us enough to die for our sins. In Christ, we are free. Our souls can find salvation.
