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Adventure, Drama 113 min PG
Rotten Tomatoes29%Metacritic38IMDb
An Epic Journey.
John H. Groberg, a middle class kid from Idaho Falls, crosses the Pacific to become a Mormon missionary in the remote and exotic Tongan island kingdom during the 1950's. He leaves behind a loving family and the true love of his life, Jean.
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Resolved, effortless, unpretentious and earnest.
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**_A Mormon lad ventures to the South Pacific_** In 1953, a graduate of Brigham Young University (Christopher Gorham) accepts a 3-year mission to reach the people on an island in Tonga. He faces many challenges as he keeps in touch with his beloved back in Twin Falls (Anne Hathaway). “The Other Side of Heaven” (2001) is a coming-of-age adventure augmented by the paradisal locations of the South Pacific. It works to some degree because it’s based on the real-life story. What happens with the boy, for instance, really took place, not to mention the protagonist’s feet injuries. While this was shot before Disney’s “The Princess Diaries” (2001), producers decided to delay its release until after that one’s debut in order to capitalize on the anticipated success of Hathaway. It’s not actually a Disney flick, but was distributed by that company in the wake of Hathaway’s popularity. This brings us to one of the criticisms of the movie: Anne’s role is relegated to the beginning and end, with some letter-oriented narration in between. The heart of the movie is the protagonist’s relationship with about 25 Tongans on the island and the waters nearby. The dealbreaker for me is that the youthful
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