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The Other Side of Heaven (2002)
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Reviews Counted:41
Fresh:11
Rotten:30
Average Rating:4.6/10
Consensus: The Other Side of Heaven preaches to the converted; others will likely consider it simplistic, even offensive, propaganda.
Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for thematic elements and brief disturbing images
Runtime: 73 mins
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:Apr 12, 2002 Limited
Box Office: $4,381,772
Synopsis: Based on Elder John Groberg's memoirs, THE OTHER SIDE OF HEAVEN, Mitch Davis' feature debut stars Christopher Gorham (A LIFE LESS ORDINARY) as John Groberg, a 19-year-old missionary who goes to... Based on Elder John Groberg's memoirs, THE OTHER SIDE OF HEAVEN, Mitch Davis' feature debut stars Christopher Gorham (A LIFE LESS ORDINARY) as John Groberg, a 19-year-old missionary who goes to Rarotonga to convert the native Indians to Christianity. In the process, he has to face a number of frightening events that change his life forever. Hungry rats eat the soles of his feet, he is almost killed by a hurricane that devastates the island so that their food supplies run out and he starves, and he is caught in a storm at sea and nearly dies until he floats to safety. All the while he is reassured and strengthened by the sweet letters from his fiancée, Jean Sabin (Anne Hathaway, THE PRINCESS DIARIES). The film veers on the fantastic and is peppered with nostalgia; a full moon peeks through soft fans of tree branches, and Jean spends much of her time gracefully gowned in frilly fifties frocks. Many members of the cast and crew are New Zealanders and Miriama Smith and Nathaniel Lees are both well-established New Zealand actors. [More]
Starring: Christopher Gorham, Anne Hathaway, Joe Folau, Nathaniel Lees
Starring: Christopher Gorham, Anne Hathaway, Joe Folau, Nathaniel Lees, Miriama Smith
Director: Mitch Davis
Director: Mitch Davis
Screenwriter: Mitch Davis
Producer: Gerald R. Molen, John Garbett
Composer: Kevin Kiner
Studio: Excel Entertainment
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Apr 1, 2003
Reviews for The Other Side of Heaven
Fails to offer skeptics a way into the worldview of these characters other than a tacit acceptance of its 'truth.'
There's a disturbing 'Great White Hope' undertone to The Other Side of Heaven that subtly undermines its message of Christian love and compassion.
It is inspirational in characterizing how people from such diverse cultures share the same human and spiritual needs.
If the idea of the white man arriving on foreign shores to show wary natives the true light is abhorrent to you, the simplistic Heaven will quite likely be more like hell.
Perhaps even the SLC high command found writer-director Mitch Davis's wall of kitsch hard going.
Handsome and sincere but slightly awkward in its combination of entertainment and evangelical boosterism.
Like one very long, haltingly delivered sermon...the picture's strenuous efforts to convey an uplifting message collapse in a sea of amateurishness.
Celebrates the spiritual practice of enthusiasm as an energizing and radiant way of life.
This pep-talk for faith, hope and charity does little to offend, but if saccharine earnestness were a crime, the film's producers would be in the clink for life.
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