History Film / TheShack

* AbusiveParents: Mackenzie's abusive father is the reason he has difficulty viewing God the Father as a benevolent figure. The fact that his father was a church elder makes the situation worse.
* AllJustADream: At the end of the movie Mackenzie wakes up in the same shack where Missy had been killed.

* DeathOfAChild: Mackenzie has his little girl kidnapped and killed by a SerialKiller.

* FreudianExcuse: The reason behind Mackenzie's disbelief of God is because of his abusive father.
* KarmaHoudini: The serial killer that murdered Missy gets away with the murders with no consequences for his actions. Averted in the book when it's revealed that they were able to find him and arrest him.
** Also, Mackenzie gets away with poisoning his father at the age of 13.

''The Shack'' is a 2017 Christian film directed by Stuart Hazeldine with Creator/DestinDanielCretton as one of the producers. The film is based on a book of the same name and stars Creator/SamWorthington, Creator/OctaviaSpencer, Creator/GrahamGreeneActor, Creator/RadhaMitchell, Aviv Alush, Creator/AliceBraga, Sumire Matsubara and Music/TimMcGraw. The plot centers around a man named Mackenzie, whose already distant relationship with God becomes further strained when an unspeakable tragedy strikes his family, so the Almighty himself invites him to the titular shack for a face-to-face meeting.

* AdultFear: Mackenzie has his little girl kidnapped and killed by a SerialKiller.

''The Shack'' is a 2017 Christian film directed by Stuart Hazeldine with Creator/DestinDanielCretton as one of the producers. The film is based on a book of the same name and stars Creator/SamWorthington, Creator/OctaviaSpencer, Creator/GrahamGreene, Creator/RadhaMitchell, Aviv Alush, Creator/AliceBraga, Sumire Matsubara and Music/TimMcGraw. The plot centers around a man named Mackenzie, whose already distant relationship with God becomes further strained when an unspeakable tragedy strikes his family, so the Almighty himself invites him to the titular shack for a face-to-face meeting.

''The Shack'' is a 2017 Christian film directed by Stuart Hazeldine with Creator/DestinDanielCretton as one of the producers. The film is based on a book of the same name and stars Creator/SamWorthington, Creator/OctaviaSpencer, Creator/GrahamGreene, Creator/RadhaMitchell, Aviv Alush, Creator/AliceBarga, Sumire Matsubara and Creator/TimMcGraw. The plot centers around a man named Mackenzie, whose already distant relationship with God becomes further strained when an unspeakable tragedy strikes his family, so the Almighty himself invites him to the titular shack for a face-to-face meeting.

''The Shack'' is a 2017 Christian film directed by Stuart Hazeldine. The film is based on a book of the same name. The plot centers around a man named Mackenzie, whose already distant relationship with God becomes further strained when an unspeakable tragedy strikes his family, so the Almighty himself invites him to the titular shack for a face-to-face meeting.

''The Shack'' is a 2017 Christian film based on a book of the same name. The plot centers around a man named Mackenzie, whose already distant relationship with God becomes further strained when an unspeakable tragedy strikes his family, so the Almighty himself invites him to the titular shack for a face-to-face meeting.

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: The reason behind the death of Mackenzie's daughter, Missy, is to have him question his faith enough to have the little spiritual chat which makes up most of the book.

* FreudianExcuse

!!Tropes Include:
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* AdultFear: Mackenzie has his little girl kidnapped and killed by a Serial Killer.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: "Papa" explicitly takes the form of a woman because S/He knows that Mackenzie can't relate well to a father at the moment.

* PetTheDog: Mackenzie's father got one of these by apologizing to him on Mackenzie's third day in Heaven.

* DivineRaceLift:"Sarayu" is Asian. "Papa" is mostly a black woman, but later takes the form of a Native American man.

'''Tropes Include:'''

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: The reason behind the death of Mackenzie's daughter, Missy, is to have him question his faith enough to have the little spiritual chat which makes up most of the book.

* AdultFear: Mackenzie has his little girl kidnapped by a Serial Killer.

* AdultFear

* DivineRaceLift: Jesus Christ is Hispanic in this film. "Sarayu" is Asian. "Papa" is mostly a black woman, but later takes the form of a Native American man.
* FreudianExcuse

* AbusiveParents - Mackenzie's abusive father is the reason he has difficulty viewing God the Father as a benevolent figure. The fact that his father was a church elder makes the situation worse.

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith - "Papa" explicitly takes the form of a woman because S/He knows that Mackenzie can't relate well to a father at the moment.
* DivineRaceLift - Jesus Christ is Hispanic in this film. "Sarayu" is Asian. "Papa" is mostly a black woman, but later takes the form of a Native American man.

* AdultFear

* RaceLift - Jesus Christ is Hispanic in this film. "Sarayu" is Asian. "Papa" is mostly a black woman, but later takes the form of a Native American man.

'''The Shack''' is a 2017 Christian film based on a book of the same name. The plot centers around a man named MacKenzie, whose already distant relationship with God becomes further strained when an unspeakable tragedy strikes his family, so the Almighty himself invites him to the titular shack for a face-to-face meeting.

Tropes Include:

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith