Surprisingly Good!

Rating: Null/10 (17 July 2004)

Maybe I shouldn't have been surprised, but I admit I am a bit cynical about "churchy" movies. But this was excellent. The "Mormon" aspect was tastefully done. Anyone could go and not feel as if it is didactic... it wasn't pushed on you, in fact, some may not even notice aside from a reference to being a missionary. This blows "Other Side of Heaven" away, and if that got mainstream play, this one had better as well. Granted, if you hate war movies you won't like this. But if you are interested in the history you will be pleased with the quality. Corbin Alred did better than I have ever seen him do, and other cast was also fantastic. I didn't love Kirby Heyborne, but even he pulled it off. It was sad... WAR is sad. Anyway, marvelous.