Robert F. Smith Posted November 4, 2014 Posted November 4, 2014 Film Review: 'Missionary', Variety, October 31, 2014, online at http://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-missionary-1201344773/ , Don't let the clean white shirt, the friendly demeanor and the Jesus-loving lingo fool you. The next Mormon knocking at your door could turn out to be a home-wrecking psychopath -- at least, according to "Missionary," a luridly entertaining thriller that plays like "Fatal Attraction" for extreme religiophobes, or perhaps a very gory episode of "The Brigham Young and the Restless." Following his Clive Barker adaptation "Dread" and his '60s horror tribute "Cassadaga," director Anthony DiBlasi continues his string of indie freakouts with this cautionary tale of a wife and mother who finds that her Book of Mormon-thumping boyfriend is anything but a saint, Latter-Day or otherwise. Released Oct. 31, the Freestyle/Orchard quickie could turn a quick buck in limited-theatrical and VOD play. 1
Bernard Gui Posted November 4, 2014 Author Posted November 4, 2014 I'd say it was pretty good and well worth seeing. It's not your typical LDS missionary tool. I can certainly see why enemies of the Church would label it as 'propaganda', but it doesn't lie or mislead, it just teaches. Because it teaches and lays bare all our own foibles and the time wasting we do compared with what we could and should be doing, the unrighteous and hard-hearted will most assuredly be angry after seeing this movie. Of course I'm speaking of Meet The Mormons... Sorry, didn't click on the OP link until after I posted. Have not watched the other yet.Dang! Had me going there for a minute. But brilliant post if that was your intention!
Bernard Gui Posted November 4, 2014 Author Posted November 4, 2014 Film Review: 'Missionary', Variety, October 31, 2014, online at http://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-missionary-1201344773/ , Don't let the clean white shirt, the friendly demeanor and the Jesus-loving lingo fool you. The next Mormon knocking at your door could turn out to be a home-wrecking psychopath -- at least, according to "Missionary," a luridly entertaining thriller that plays like "Fatal Attraction" for extreme religiophobes, or perhaps a very gory episode of "The Brigham Young and the Restless." Following his Clive Barker adaptation "Dread" and his '60s horror tribute "Cassadaga," director Anthony DiBlasi continues his string of indie freakouts with this cautionary tale of a wife and mother who finds that her Book of Mormon-thumping boyfriend is anything but a saint, Latter-Day or otherwise. Released Oct. 31, the Freestyle/Orchard quickie could turn a quick buck in limited-theatrical and VOD play. Yep. A winner in every pot.
stemelbow Posted November 5, 2014 Posted November 5, 2014 At least it was given an R rating so no faithful LDS will see it. They can then get away with any sort of stereotyping or inaccuracy that we LDS tend to get all up in arms about.
stemelbow Posted November 5, 2014 Posted November 5, 2014 oh my goodness that's funny. Just watched the trailer. had no idea how funny it was going to look after reading these comments.
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