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September Dawn (2007)

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Reviews Counted:54

Fresh:7

Rotten:47

Average Rating:3.4/10

Consensus: With its jarring editing, dull love story, and silly dialogue, September Dawn turns a horrific historical event into a banal movie.

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Rated: R [See Full Rating] for violence

Runtime: 1 hr. 50 min.

Genre: Drama, Western

Theatrical Release: Aug 24, 2007 Wide

Box Office: $1.1M

Synopsis: On September 11, 1857 in an unspoiled valley of the Utah Territory-and in the name of God-120 men, women and children were savagely murdered.Who... On September 11, 1857 in an unspoiled valley of the Utah Territory-and in the name of God-120 men, women and children were savagely murdered.Who ordered the massacre, and why, has been hidden in a cloak of secrecy and conspiracy. And the reputation of one of the nation's mightiest religious figures has been preserved and protected.Until now.Based on actual historical events, "September Dawn" is a feature length drama that depicts the tragic encounter between a party of innocent settlers and a fanatic Mormon militia. The religious terrorism depicted in the film happened 150 years ago and resonates in many ways with acts of mindless violence occurring across the world today. [More]

Starring: Jon Voight, Trent Ford, Tamara Hope, Jon Gries

Starring: Jon Voight, Trent Ford, Tamara Hope, Jon Gries, Taylor Handley, Huntley Ritter, Krisinda Cain, Shaun Johnston, Lolita Davidovich, Dean Cain, Terence Stamp, Franklin E. Levinson, Jack Alma

Director: Christopher Cain

Director: Christopher Cain
Screenwriter: Carole Whang Schutter , Christopher Cain
Producer: Kevin Matossian , Patrick Imeson , Scott Duthie , Wendy Hill-Tout
Studio: Slowhand Releasing

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REVIEWS FOR SEPTEMBER DAWN

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Full Review Source: NPR.org | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Bob Mondello
Bob Mondello
NPR.org
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The villainous turns by Jon Voight (as a hard-hearted Mormon bishop) and Terence Stamp (as a bloodthirsty Brigham Young) would have been more fun if they weren't part of such a clumsy campaign to lay this tragedy at the church's doorstep.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
Dec 3, 2007
J. R. Jones
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
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Predictable, obvious, often silly.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Insiders | comment Comment
Nov 8, 2007
Janos Gereben
Janos Gereben
Entertainment Insiders

Drama may benefit from attention to history, but history doesn’t always make for good drama.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
Oct 16, 2007
Matthew Sorrento
Matthew Sorrento
Film Threat

Contriving a faux Romeo and Juliet romance as a point of entry for the audience shows how unimaginative the filmmakers are, and how blandly and uninvolving it plays shows how fairly clueless they are in going about their game plan.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
Sep 5, 2007
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

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Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
Sep 1, 2007
Fred Topel
Fred Topel
Hollywood.com

Muddled, sloppy, and obfuscating.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
Aug 31, 2007
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

For all the guns fired in the film, [director] Cain aims the largest one at his foot—and pulls the trigger again and again.

Full Review Source: New York Press | comment Comment
Aug 30, 2007
Jason Singer
Jason Singer
New York Press

An already thin veneer of historical truth wears off fairly quickly in this surprisingly dull and melodramatic low-budget western.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
Aug 30, 2007
Wade Major
Wade Major
Boxoffice Magazine

The workmanlike craftsmanship of Cain's filmmaking almost (but never quite) smooths over the ham-fisted way he conceives the story.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
Aug 30, 2007
Mark Olsen
Mark Olsen
Los Angeles Times
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There was another 9/11 horror. But it happened 150 years ago.

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Aug 29, 2007
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

A plodding and highly questionable history lesson.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
Aug 29, 2007
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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It's a toss-up as to whether September Dawn is more offensive as history, as allegory or simply as lousy self-important filmmaking.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
Aug 29, 2007
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

With its complete lack of empathy for early Mormons and simplistic rendering of historical figures, September Dawn is that rare movie that actually deserves whatever condemnation might come from religious groups.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
Aug 27, 2007
Steven Hyden
Steven Hyden
AV Club

The director's overreaching attempts at social commentary with hackneyed devices weaken the veracity of the source material and leave the film open to interpretation as propaganda.

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
Aug 26, 2007
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

Often gripping and fascinating, it's bound to create waves of controversy.

Full Review Source: Maxim | comment 2 Comments
Aug 25, 2007
Pete Hammond
Pete Hammond
Maxim
N/R

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Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment Comment
Aug 25, 2007
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

An asinine chunk of Mormonsploitation that mixes historical fact with fictional romance and bald-faced anti-Mormon prejudice.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
Aug 24, 2007
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

For all its cinematic weaknesses, I left the theatre weeping. “Now you know how I feel when I see holocaust films,” my Jewish husband told me gently as he wiped away my tears.

Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | comment 1 Comment
Aug 24, 2007
Lisa Johnson
Lisa Johnson
FilmStew.com

Religious and thematic issues aside, September Dawn is well-crafted as a revisionist Western with a message.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment 2 Comments
Aug 24, 2007
Ted Fry
Ted Fry
Seattle Times
 
 
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