I like everyone else recall Kevin Sorbo more for "Hercules The Legendary Journeys" than anything else. Even two of his major motion pictures, "Kull" and "Meet The Spartans" were cousins and/or extensions of that role so to see him playing someone more mortal is a dramatic leap. In "What If?," Kevin plays the same character as Nicolas Cage in "Family Man," a successful businessman who discovers the alternate life he might have had if he had made another choice; in this instance if he had followed his religious training and become a preacher. Kristy Swanson plays the girlfriend he left behind and the wife he could have had. Disney actress Debby Ryan plays their teenage daughter with an attitude, and John Ratzenberger, the voice behind all those Pixar films, is the wise angel that takes Kevin on his alternate reality trip. One of the fun parts is that Kevin references "It's A Wonderful Life" when he goes fighting against his role as a husband in the married universe. The plot is very predictable, but the religious undertone is not as strong as you would thing. Although its called a comedy, the humor is subtle; the film is actually more fantasy than a straight comedy, but it is very enjoyable and likable. I'm sure a lot of people will appreciate the religious connotations in this film, but as a family fantasy, adults may get it more than kids.

I like the thought provoking nature of this film, it brings up some very interesting and eye opening questions. Awareness is the word of the day. Also, Kevin Sorbo is likable, he's likable in just about anything he does and I could see that Debby Ryan having a big career ahead of her if she catches the breaks(as is always the case in Hollywood). John Ratzenberger is amazing, I mean really amazing in this role as the Angel. It's such an honest performance that one has to think that if this movie would have had a bigger budget, little tweaks in the script and movie theater exposure/PR exposure, I think he could have been nominated for an academy award then. His performance is excellent.

I think we all would like to do things over at some point, or at least we think we would like too. An awesome concept that Kevin Sorbo's character never thought about it much, but it just happened, a 'what if'. I believe one of the most eye opening questions that arises is where Ratzenberger's character tells Sorbo's character to just commit fully to it, whether he wants to or not(in the scene Sorbo doesn't want to hurt these people and he doesn't feel this is who he is, and Ratzenberger's character is basically saying even if you don't feel it's who you are, commit fully to being that way and see what happens).

I mean how many times in life could we learn and perhaps find true peace within ourselves if we just committed to be something different, something we as human beings didn't believe we were capable of being. Sometimes we get sad and in depressions but yet we refuse to change and are so stuck within our own identities that we believe we're incapable of committing fully to doing or being someone else. Change is 'hard' for us as people. But yet it's so 'simple' because we have the choice to do it. I believe if we committed ourselves to being and doing something else we would find something true in ourselves that we didn't know was there but that was there the whole time, like how Sorbo's character found what he truly was capable of, and really who he truly was. Very eye opening movie, most definitely worth a watch.

Inappropriate wardrobe from the female cast, too much cleavage showing. Not appreciated