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Shoddy filmmaking and a lack of character development derail what could be a potentially compelling tale.
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[Director] Hanon seems more interested in exploiting his setting's lush green beauty than exploring the psyches of his bland Bible-thumpers. Nov 27, 2006 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
[Director] Hanon seems more interested in exploiting his setting's lush green beauty than exploring the psyches of his bland Bible-thumpers.
Nathan Rabin
Although the film invests time among the tribesmen, it never really explores the idea that one man's missionary work is another's ideological aggression. And the movie is tentative, dramatically speaking. Jan 20, 2006 | Full Review…
Although the film invests time among the tribesmen, it never really explores the idea that one man's missionary work is another's ideological aggression. And the movie is tentative, dramatically speaking.
Desson Thomson
Too bad this sincere but inept movie doesn't do justice to any of the real people whose powerful story it tells. Jan 20, 2006 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…
Too bad this sincere but inept movie doesn't do justice to any of the real people whose powerful story it tells.
Ruthe Stein
This is a movie -- albeit one with a great, gripping story -- shot through with meaningful glances, middling performances and melodramatic music cues. Pity. Jan 20, 2006 | Rating: 2/4
This is a movie -- albeit one with a great, gripping story -- shot through with meaningful glances, middling performances and melodramatic music cues. Pity.
Steven Rea
What does hold back this terrifically detailed and often-entertaining effort are the limitations of the script and uneven acting. Jan 20, 2006 | Rating: 3/5
What does hold back this terrifically detailed and often-entertaining effort are the limitations of the script and uneven acting.
Roger Moore
Filmmakers don't need stories with a religious agenda any more than they need ones with an irreligious one. They don't need stories with any agenda, frankly. They just need good stories. Jan 20, 2006 | Rating: 2/4
Filmmakers don't need stories with a religious agenda any more than they need ones with an irreligious one. They don't need stories with any agenda, frankly. They just need good stories.
Stephen Whitty
Unmoving story of white missionaries trying to save the poor indigenous people of Ecuador. Paul Chambers, CNN. Mar 27, 2010 | Rating: D+ | Full Review…
Unmoving story of white missionaries trying to save the poor indigenous people of Ecuador. Paul Chambers, CNN.
Paul Chambers
A squeaky-clean family of missionaries lives out their fantasy of "saving" a violent tribe of Ecuadorian jungle natives in this virulently wrong-headed movie. Apr 19, 2009 | Rating: D | Full Review…
A squeaky-clean family of missionaries lives out their fantasy of "saving" a violent tribe of Ecuadorian jungle natives in this virulently wrong-headed movie.
Cole Smithey
Through the harrowing experience of two men as told in End of the Spear -- Steve Saint and Mincaye -- moviegoers can learn the power of forgiveness and reconciliation. Sep 22, 2006 | Rating: 3/4
Through the harrowing experience of two men as told in End of the Spear -- Steve Saint and Mincaye -- moviegoers can learn the power of forgiveness and reconciliation.
Lisa Ann Cockrel
Only marginally uplifting and just passably enjoyable as a film. I know in my mind that these experiences were extraordinary for the people involved, but I never really feel it. Jun 24, 2006 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
Only marginally uplifting and just passably enjoyable as a film. I know in my mind that these experiences were extraordinary for the people involved, but I never really feel it.
Eric D. Snider
...for those of us who are not part of the choir being preached to, the story is a dealbreaker. Feb 27, 2006
...for those of us who are not part of the choir being preached to, the story is a dealbreaker.
Andy Klein
Jim Hanon's film is so awkward and anachronistic that it raises more questions than answers. Jan 27, 2006
Jim Hanon's film is so awkward and anachronistic that it raises more questions than answers.
Cynthia Fuchs
Well done. Good, and decent movie, if you see it for what it is..a movie about people trying to do good.
Super Reviewer
Touching movie. Needs more dialouge on the reason/passion behind the gospel. Why people sacrificed their lives.
I have a hunch that something got lost in the translation from fact to fiction.
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