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This Lionsgate/Kingdom Story Company faith-based drama (rated PG, theatrical February 20, 2026) follows MercyMe frontman Bart Millard as he navigates his son's Type 1 diabetes diagnosis and his own painful childhood memories, alongside a friendship with singer Tim Timmons who is quietly battling cancer. The content is clean of any sex, profanity, or substance use, but the film's emotional core — illness, hospitalization, grief, and flashback child abuse — makes it a better fit for older children who can sit with heavy feelings.
Best for school-age kids 9 and up, ideally watched alongside a grown-up who can field questions about illness, loss, and family pain.
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Sam is found unresponsive by his mother, who makes a frantic call to Bart; Sam is rushed to the hospital where he is seen unconscious with oxygen and monitors after a diabetic seizure, and a doctor says he could have died.
At the hospital, Bart briefly crosses paths with a couple who have just lost their own child to a similar diabetic crisis; the grief is not dwelt upon but is clearly communicated.
Giving Sam an insulin injection triggers Bart's flashbacks of being beaten, thrown to the floor, and straddled by his own father as a boy; scenes are brief and non-graphic but clearly portray child abuse.