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Overall Rank: 12018
Average Rating: 2.6/4
# of Ratings: 6
Theatrical Release Date: 11/04/2005
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Richard Dutcher
Actors: Ignacio Serricchio, Lucas Fleischer, Lamont Stephens, Rachel Emmers, Jo-sei Ikeda, J.J. Boone
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3/4
goodfellamike - wrote on 07/23/2008
A religious movie that tries to tackle LDS sterotypes and gives us strong, believable characters and lots of symbolism; a lot of the acting is amateurish, but the emotion is deeply felt and its message is never shoved down the audience's throats, much unlike the original God's Army. Like director Richard Dutcher's previous film "Brigham City" it transcends its genre without rejecting it. Final Grade: B
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States of Grace - Quick Review
efrain - wrote on 11/15/2007
One of the best movies I've seen involving explicitly Christian values, "States of Grace" wonderfully weaves religion into a very real and possible slice of life story. Much props to the director for his pacing and bringing out some simple but real performances, as well as some wonderful, although at times obvious, plot elements of foreshadow and pacing. The filmmakers may be little-known, but everyone turns in good work.
The film's religious substance is that of the Church of Latter Day Saints, and I'm in no way affiliated with them, but I loved the way the writer/director speaks universal truths about the various "states of grace" in which the characters find themselves. Sure you have to take some of it with a grain of salt, as the LDS doctrines are sprinkled lightly about. But …
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