The Most Reluctant — Convert (2021)

Shot extensively in and around Oxford, England , including sites Lewis famously frequented. Plot & Themes

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 Shot extensively in and around Oxford, England ,

The story spans nearly three decades of Lewis's life, focusing on the events and intellectual challenges that shaped his worldview. Eddie Ray Martin: Childhood Lewis

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.

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 I and his tutelage under the rationalist atheist William T. Kirkpatrick (played by David Gant) solidified his initial commitment to materialism and atheism.