Mack briefly sees Missy in Heaven, but is unable to be with her Jesus steps through the boundary separating them to visit her. Together they prepare her body for burial, place her in the box, and lay her to rest in the garden. Papa-in the form of an elderly Native American man-leads him to the cave where Missy's body is located. Mack helps Jesus build a wooden box and helps the Holy Spirit prepare a spot in her garden for a planting. The purpose of their visit is to help Mack better understand his life as seen from a much broader context or higher perspective, the goal being to help free him from an inclination to pass judgment upon himself and others, and to help heal himself and his family after Missy's death. The trio of strangers gradually reveal their identities: the African-American woman is God (Papa), the Middle-Eastern man is Jesus, and the Asian woman is the Holy Spirit. Finding the shack empty, an enraged Mack is tempted to shoot himself before he can, he encounters a mysterious figure, who leads him to the trio of strangers who invite him to stay at their house nearby. Thinking this may possibly be an opportunity for meeting and punishing the serial killer, Mack takes his gun, borrows his friend's SUV, and drives there, narrowly avoiding a collision with a truck on the way. The message is signed "Papa" (which was Missy's nickname for God). The tragedy derails Mack's faith and life until the onset of winter when he receives an unstamped, typewritten note inviting him to meet at the shack. Kate blames herself for Missy's death because she caused the canoe accident in the first place. The police determine Missy is the victim of a serial killer after finding her torn dress and blood in a derelict cabin in the forest (the titular "shack"). Mack's life is shattered when their youngest child Missy disappears during a camping trip while he is saving Kate and Josh during a canoeing accident.
As a 13-year-old boy he chose to poison his father with strychnine in his whiskey.Īs an adult he has a fulfilling life with his wife, Nan, and their three children: Kate, Josh and Missy. One day, Mack tells the preacher at his church of his abuse, and as punishment, his father harshly beats him, leading to Mack's mother's decision to leave them. Mackenzie "Mack" Phillips suffered physical and emotional abuse as a child at the hands of his drunken father, who abused his mother as well. The film was released in the United States on March 3, 2017, and grossed over $96 million worldwide.
The film stars Sam Worthington, Octavia Spencer, Graham Greene, Radha Mitchell, Alice Braga, Sumire Matsubara, Aviv Alush, and Tim McGraw.įilming began on June 8, 2015, in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Shack is a 2017 American Christian drama film directed by Stuart Hazeldine and written by John Fusco, Andrew Lanham and Destin Daniel Cretton, based on the 2007 novel of the same name by William P.
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