The Most Reluctant Convert (2021) Official

The turning point occurs at Oxford University, where he meets influential colleagues like J.R.R. Tolkien (played by Tom Glenister) and Hugo Dyson (played by David Shields). They challenge his unbelief through logical, literary, and mythological arguments.

His experiences in the trenches of World War I and his tutelage under the rationalist atheist William T. Kirkpatrick (played by David Gant) solidified his initial commitment to materialism and atheism.

The film features three actors portraying Lewis at different stages: Max McLean: Older Lewis (and the film's primary narrator). Nicholas Ralph: Younger adult Lewis. Eddie Ray Martin: Childhood Lewis. The Most Reluctant Convert (2021)

The film depicts Lewis's eventual "surrender" to theism in 1929 and his final conversion to Christianity in 1931, described as the result of intellectual honesty rather than a sudden emotional epiphany. Critical Reception CS Lewis: The Most Reluctant Convert (2021) - IMDb

The story spans nearly three decades of Lewis's life, focusing on the events and intellectual challenges that shaped his worldview. The turning point occurs at Oxford University, where

It begins with his "bitter childhood," marked by the traumatic loss of his mother to cancer and a strained relationship with his father.

The film is an adaptation of the 2016 one-man stage play C.S. Lewis on Stage: The Most Reluctant Convert by Max McLean. It draws heavily from Lewis’s own 1955 memoir, . His experiences in the trenches of World War

Norman Stone, who previously won a BAFTA for the 1985 C.S. Lewis biopic Shadowlands .