BAPTISTS AT OUR BARBECUE

Very funny movie. Worth watching

Like a healthy, wonderful meal with no after-taste. This is the sort of film you can almost live in - at our house, everyone in our older family wanted to see it again (and again). The production values are not amazing - this is no David Lean masterpiece, But the ambling story, the screenplay, the direction, the casting -- they all just click. While this is technically a Mormon film, as a non-denominational Christian who hangs out with Baptists a lot, I can't believe you'll find it in anyway offensive or agenda-oriented. It's just a fun story about learning to appreciate everyday people - about respecting, valuing and even enjoying those whose culture on the surface seems too flawed or too ordinary or too simple to merit your time.

I started it, but its not a great beginning. I will try again, sometime, to finish it.

I am a member of the LDS church and I have issues with Baptist, they are mine own and I must work through them. However, I have friends who are Baptist and I thought this movie would be a fun way to explore both religions. Not so. This film was a disappointment from the first five minutes. Very slow paced for a comedy, too slow paced for any movie. The main character doesn't arrive in the religiously divided town for almost 20 minutes into the film and when he does all the characters both Baptist and Mormons are not treated with respect and end up looking like foolish zealots. The love story is very weak and unrealistic. The villain is a bumbling foolish redneck stereo type and it even pokes fun at miracles when the most zealous of the mormons hears moaning in the mountains and misinterprets as the hills humming as if God is speaking to her. When she takes the towns people up to the mountains they hear it and miraculously all the Baptists and Mormons are now getting along and hugging and kissing each other. But it turns out the humming is the moaning of the villain who feeling bad for what he did went up to the mountains to wallow in self pity but fell down into a cavern and all he could do was moan... very lame! I would not recommend this film to anyone Baptist or Mormon. Neither religion was treated with respect and the Baptist did not get nearly enough screen time as the movie was purely from a Mormon point of view. Very lame. An indie movie like this should have the ability to make us think to be more progressive. I thought this film would be a great way for my friends and I to share our differences and laugh over them. I am very disappointed I wasted so much money on this one.

It was nice to watch a movie that treated religion with gentle humor, no scarcasm, and no overt mission to convert or drive away folks from religious expression. Just enough romance to keep things interesting and broaden its appeal. This movie can be enjoyed by all ages. Why it is rated PG-13 is beyond me. This movie is best enjoyed by those who know something about the LDS, but not necessary to enjoy it. I'm a Baptist and I loved this movie.

Worth a watch.

Clean, family friendly

I enjoyed this movie so much. It's good clean fun and kind of silly at times, but I enjoyed it. Oh, and I am NOT a Mormon and I still really enjoyed it. Is it great acting? No, but it's fun and make me laugh and relax and really isn't that one of the best kinds of movies??