Yes it is when taken with his write up. “He's regretful that October Baby wasn't better at being the Christian film...” ...and you believe he was really regretful. Actually it was the film it was supposed to be and more people should have gone to the theatres and seen it. Ebert did his review to make the film unappealing to all including conservatives. OCTOBER BABY must have been painful for Ebert to watch even for the 15 minutes that he reportedly gave to another film he wrote a full review of.
Here is the last paragraph of his review. It has nothing to do with the political/theological ideas at play nor is he trashing it.
‘”October Baby” is being promoted as a Christian film, and it could have been an effective one. Rachel Hendrix is surprisingly capable in her first feature role, and Jasmine Guy is superb in her scene. Unfortunately, the film as a whole is amateurish and ungainly, can’t find a consistent tone, is too long, is overladen with music that tries to paraphrase the story and is photographed with too many beauty shots that slow the progress.’