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Trust Weighted
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66Trust Points
Wick's Review
Summary - OK 2.5
A Mormon missionary’s time in Tonga makes for an entertaining family movie, if you can leave the proselytizing aside. The Other Side of Heaven is also an appealing period piece, first in the 1950s United States, but mostly in the South Pacific Islands of that era.
Based on the biography of the missionary it depicts, it was made by a Mormon production company. John Groberg went on to become a high official in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Bottom line: Watch with the kids and don’t over think it.
Acting - Good 3.0
Christopher Gorham and Joe Folau are appealing if bland in the lead roles.
Anne Hathaway costars as a spunky sweetheart back home, made just before she became a star in The Princess Bride. Unfortunately she’s barely on screen after the opening scenes.