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Handsomely mounted but awfully bland. Apr 1, 2005 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
Handsomely mounted but awfully bland.
Ty Burr
Ultimately stumbles in its mission to make the founding of the Mormon religion interesting to a general audience. Mar 11, 2005 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Ultimately stumbles in its mission to make the founding of the Mormon religion interesting to a general audience.
John Monaghan
A likable, ambitious film that does its proselytizing in a roundabout way until its clumsy, final half-hour. Jan 28, 2005 | Rating: 2.5/4
A likable, ambitious film that does its proselytizing in a roundabout way until its clumsy, final half-hour.
Tom Keogh
A pretty but weakly written and acted period piece. Jan 21, 2005 | Rating: 2/5
A pretty but weakly written and acted period piece.
Roger Moore
It's hard to imagine this movie capturing an audience outside the Mormon community. Jan 20, 2005 | Rating: 3/5
It's hard to imagine this movie capturing an audience outside the Mormon community.
Kerry Lengel
Offers an efficient and often credible, if overly sanitized, look at the time, place and circumstances in which the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was born. Apr 23, 2005 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Offers an efficient and often credible, if overly sanitized, look at the time, place and circumstances in which the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was born.
Wade Major
It occasionally catches its balance with bright supporting characters or compelling scenes, but then it stumbles again with mild scenes of characters having spiritual crises. Apr 23, 2005 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
It occasionally catches its balance with bright supporting characters or compelling scenes, but then it stumbles again with mild scenes of characters having spiritual crises.
Eric D. Snider
Earnest, admirable and pretty, but about as compelling as one of the blander episodes of 'Little House on the Prairie.' Mar 14, 2005 | Rating: 2/4
Earnest, admirable and pretty, but about as compelling as one of the blander episodes of 'Little House on the Prairie.'
John Beifuss
...plays strictly to the faithful -- most anyone else will have trouble taking Joseph Smith seriously as a non-delusional human being. Feb 13, 2005
...plays strictly to the faithful -- most anyone else will have trouble taking Joseph Smith seriously as a non-delusional human being.
Luke Y. Thompson
There's no denying there's a compelling movie in the life of the founder of the Mormon church, and there's also no denying that The Work and the Glory is not that film. Jan 19, 2005 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
There's no denying there's a compelling movie in the life of the founder of the Mormon church, and there's also no denying that The Work and the Glory is not that film.
Phil Villarreal
With improved production values also come high expectations, especially in terms of storytelling. So when the plotting and a few of the performances are just so-so, it's hard not to think of the film as at least a bit of a disappointment. Nov 24, 2004 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
With improved production values also come high expectations, especially in terms of storytelling. So when the plotting and a few of the performances are just so-so, it's hard not to think of the film as at least a bit of a disappointment.
Jeff Vice
A smoothly mixed religious drama with all the professional production value you could expect from any film Nov 24, 2004 | Rating: B-
A smoothly mixed religious drama with all the professional production value you could expect from any film
Audrey Rock-Richardson
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