Click on the link and go to Ebert and Roeper's review, or you can get it here
http://tvplex.go.com/buenavista/ebertandroeper/today.html and listen to the audio of their reivew.
I have a hard time thinking of Ebert as a Christian, but consistently in the review both Ebert and Roeper (who write left-leaning columns for the Chicago Sun-Times when not reviewing movies) in so many words give a witness to the Gospel, that Christ died for our sins. You have to hear it to believe it, my jaw was on the floor. The only thing that I can think of is that the movie is way more powerful than it even appears.
I saw the review the other day and like you was surprised it was so favorable.
You and me both partner. Ebert suprised helloutta me.