Greg is played by Joel Courtney of Vincent Marcello’s The Kissing Booth movies (2018-2021). Jesus Revolution is based on Pastor Greg Laurie’s 2018 memoir with the same title about his early life in Newport Beach. This period from the late ‘60s to late ‘70s birthed the term “Jesus freak” and the music sub-genre of Christian rock. Singer-songwriter Barry McGuire, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman of the Byrds and Richie Furay of Buffalo Springfield, to name a few. You might already know this because quite a lot of classic rock musicians eventually became Christians. The funny thing is, this really did happen by the time the 1960s ended. They remain hippies who still wear the same clothes and use the same vernacular, but have abandoned drugs and casual sex for Christianity. Young people who were once outcasts seek out the religion of their parents’ generation. In Erwin and McCorkle’s film, we see a group of youths who are suddenly inspired to seek out religion after experiencing too many “good times” as hippies. Even the most traditional church in the South probably now allows guitars and drums during service.

That’s all incredibly quaint compared to the progressives of 2023. Back then, boys with long hair, girls with short hair, living together out of wedlock, and playing drums in church seemed radical. Jon Erwin and Brent McCorkle’s new historical drama Jesus Revolution puts into perspective how much society has evolved since the radical counter-culture of half a century ago.

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