History YMMV / JesusBro

* HarsherInHindsight: Creator/AllisonPregler is the romantic lead in a movie about how it's more important to "just be a good person" than follow any sort of group think or title. Shortly after this movie came out, Allison and Brad had a serious falling out after Brad took Channel Awesome's side during the #ChangeTheChannel controversy and collectively told Allison and other former CA contributors accusing Mike Michaud and the Walker brothers of abuse and various acts of misconduct to "get over it."

* HarsherInHindsight: Casting Creator/AllisonPregler as the romantic lead, considering she and Brad had a falling out a year later. It's doubly harsh when you consider the whole message of the movie is "just try to be a good person" yet the reason they had a falling out was because Allison exposed a lot of abuse she got from the higher ups at Channel Awesome and Creator/BradJones basically called her and other people calling out Channel Awesome liars, which is something a good person doesn't do, even if their movement has caused you and your family to get death threats.

** The film also seems like it could be a beat-for-beat parody of the Kevin Sorbo film ''Film/{{Let There Be Light|2017}}'' -- except that Brad's film actually came first, something that he repeatedly notes (and mocks) in his ''Cinema Snob'' review of Sorbo's movie.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: While film does have a lot of effort put into its sets, its lighting and its cinematography (''especially'' considering it's low budget), the effects shot of [[spoiler:the random neckbearded Youtube commenter who suffers from a prayer-induced spontaneous combustion]] does not do justice to what is supposed to be happening.

* AwesomeMusic: Much like everything else, the score ''is'' trying to be cheesy, but there are some legitimately gorgeous moments throughout.

** In his [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Cinema Snob]] review of ''Film/ImNotAshamed'', Brad was amusingly surprised to discover that ''Jesus, Bro'' had borrowed the same line from ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt'' as that [[Creator/PureFlixEntertainment Pure Flix]] film, and even did so in a similar context (an actual stage).

-->''[I'm Not Ashamed]'' '''Rachel Joy Scott:''' Good idea, even though the whole world is my stage.
-->''[Jesus, Bro]'' '''Santa Christ:''' Well, if the whole world's a stage... why not Heaven?
** The film also seems like it could be a beat-for-beat parody of the Kevin Sorbo film ''Let There Be Light'' -- except that Brad's film actually came first, something that he repeatedly notes (and mocks) in his Cinema Snob review of Sorbo's movie.
* NarmCharm: Despite the effect of [[spoiler:the YouTube neckbeard spontaneously combusting]] looking [[SpecialEffectsFailure rather obvious]], both the producer and cast commentary burst into laughter when watching that scene.

* HilariousInHindsight: In his [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Cinema Snob]] review of ''Film/ImNotAshamed'', Brad was amusingly surprised to discover that ''Jesus, Bro'' had borrowed the same line from ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt'' as that [[Creator/PureFlixEntertainment Pure Flix]] film, and even did so in a similar context (an actual stage).

** At the end, Rick sees spectral forms of [[spoiler:God and Santa Christ]] a la ''ReturnOfTheJedi,'' abruptly joined by [[spoiler:his brother Willy]], smiling and cheering him on. Rick looks over and sees [[spoiler:his brother lying dead on the table with the Christ Chicken Sandwich still in his mouth]]. It's the way everyone takes it in stride that really sells the moment.

* HarsherInHindsight: The "Trump TV" line becomes painfully true given the result of the 2016 election, especially when filming for the movie took place during election week.

* HilariousInHindsight: In his [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Cinema Snob]] review of ''Film/ImNotAshamed'', Brad was pleasantly surprised to discover that ''Jesus, Bro'' accidentally borrowed the same line from ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt'', and that it did so in a similar context (an actual stage).

* HilariousInHindsight: In his [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Cinema Snob]] review of ''Film/ImNotAshamed'', Brad was pleasantly surprised to discover that ''Jesus, Bro'' accidentally parodied a line from that film.

* HilariousInHindsight: As Brad discovered while the film was in post-production, the plot of ''Jesus, Bro'' is nearly identical to that of an '''actual''' Christian film being made by Creator/KevinSorbo, ''Let There Be Light''. When the latter film was ultimately released, he found the similarities went far beyond the initial premise.
** In his [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Cinema Snob]] review of ''Film/ImNotAshamed'', Brad was pleasantly surprised to discover that ''Jesus, Bro'' accidentally parodied a line from that film.
--->''[I'm Not Ashamed]'' '''Rachel Joy Scott:''' Good idea, even though the whole world is my stage.
--->''[Jesus, Bro]'' '''Santa Christ:''' Well, if the whole world's a stage... why not Heaven?

* SelfDemonstrating: Of SelfDemonstrating/RickTheRickheadWhitehead.

* DontShootTheMessage: Creator/BradJones has made it that the object of parody here is Christian ''propaganda'' films, not the religion itself.

** Really, any
* DoingItForTheArt: In a ''weird'' way. The cinematography isn't generic StylisticSuck, it deliberately emulates the style of the religious films it satirizes.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: At the end, Rick sees spectral forms of [[spoiler:God and Santa Christ]] a la ''ReturnOfTheJedi,'' abruptly joined by [[spoiler:his brother Willy]], smiling and cheering him on. Rick looks over and sees [[spoiler:his brother lying dead on the table with the Christ Chicken Sandwich still in his mouth]]. It's the way everyone takes it in stride that really sells the moment.

* OneSceneWonder: Zach Lavoy as the park ranger and Sarah Gobble as God

* SpecialEffectsFailure: While it is a low-budget work, the film does have a lot of very good effort put into its sets, its lighting and its cinematography. Unfortunately, the same is not quite true of [[spoiler:the random neckbearded Youtube commenter who suffers from a prayer-induced spontaneous combustion]], as the effects shot really does not do justice to what is supposed to be happening.

SpecialEffectsFailure: While it is a low-budget work, the film does have a lot of very good effort put into its sets, its lighting and its cinematography. Unfortunately, the same is not quite true of [[spoiler:the random neckbearded Youtube commenter who suffers from a prayer-induced spontaneous combustion]], as the effects shot really does not do justice to what is supposed to be happening.

ComplainingAboutPeopleNotLikingTheShow: Inverted: Brad Jones actually quite proudly announced the Dove Foundation's "0 out of 5 doves" review score for the film, and that score and comments from the review are now featured on the DVD box.