"The Unbreakable Boy" was completed three years ago, and that means the Zachary Levi we see in this movie is closer to the brightly grinning earnest man-child who was so appealing in the first "Shazam!

The thing about separating the art from the artist is that people are typically a lot more inclined to do so if the “art” isn’t a generic piece of faith-based schlock, and the “artist” hasn’t made a variety of disqualifying comments that pertain directly to the subject of their latest film.

Based on a true story, the movie centers on a father whose world is upended when his older son is diagnosed with autism and brittle bone disease.

The Unbreakable Boy” tells a true story based on an autobiography from Scott LeRette with the same title. Levi portrays LeRette, a first-time father struggling to parent his son, Austin (Jacob Laval),

Based on the memoir by Scott LeRette, the movie takes on subjects including autism and brittle-bone disease with a faith-based foundation in church and family.

Zachary Levi told UPI the father he plays in his new film, "The Unbreakable Boy," learns how to be a better man by following his young son's example.

The real struggle here is trying to connect with this film beyond a wan appreciation that a father finally learned how to love his son for who he is.

Zachary Levi’s new movie, The Unbreakable Boy, has received a less-than-stellar Rotten Tomatoes score, but it’s far from the actor’s worst.