Returning home after covering the war in Afghanistan, promising journalist Paul Asher finds his world unraveling: his marriage is collapsing, and he is trapped in a profound personal crisis he struggles to comprehend. At the same time, he desperately tries to support a traumatized veteran friend who is finding it difficult to readjust to civilian life. However, Paul's reality takes an extraordinary turn when he is presented with an irresistible opportunity—an interview with a mysterious man who claims to be God.
Directed by Perry Lang, An Interview with God centers on Paul Asher, an up-and-coming journalist struggling with post-traumatic stress after covering the war in Afghanistan while witnessing the quiet unraveling of his marriage. At a critical crossroads in his personal and professional life, Paul is granted a rare opportunity: three thirty-minute interview sessions with an enigmatic man who calmly claims to be God.
Rather than leaning on grand theological spectacle, the film is structured primarily like a two-person chamber play driven by conversation. David Strathairn delivers a grounded, poised, and quietly compelling performance that elevates the central dynamic, while Brenton Thwaites effectively captures the skepticism, vulnerability, and internal turmoil of a man seeking answers to his pain. The screenplay tackles timeless existential dilemmas—including human suffering, free will, and the burden of forgiveness—without entirely succumbing to heavy-handed sermonizing.
While the pacing occasionally falters and the secondary subplots carry less weight than the core theological debate, the film remains an introspective and thoughtful exploration of faith, doubt, and human grief.
