September Dawn

History hurts, especially when you're trying to defend people that murdered innocent men, women & children. I can understand if you're LDS you wouldn't like the movie. I challenge anyone that says it's not historical to study the issue. And for... Full review

I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT MOVIE! THE STORY OUTSTANDING, IT WAS BASED ON A TRUE STORY AND EVENTS THAT HAPPENED! IT MUST BE THE MORMONS THAT ARE GIVING THE BAD REVIEWS!... Full review

I'm amazed at some of the comments made by alleged intelligent people concerning the new movie September Dawn. The writer that is now a sympathizer to the Mormons because of the movie being made up needs to use the computer for... Full review

I am not even mormon. I don't know much about them. I haven't known too many closely. But I went to this movie becuase it was supposedly historical. I can't possibly imagine there was any truth to this attrocity of a... Full review

Its funny, someone claims to have actually gone and seen this film, then claims to be offended as a Christian, and extends his hand to all mormons for their unwarranted persecution, LOL. Hey knucklehead, if you managed to stumble onto the... Full review

I watched this movie not knowing the history of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. The movie touched my heart. I am a christian and do not judge others their own choices of religion. Upon seeing this movie I did research and found... Full review

this move was very good the movie was historically correct,the basic storyline was just as my great great grandmother said it happend in a newspaper interview in 1875, she was one of the17 surviers of the massacre she was 4 at... Full review

Having read many historical accounts of this incident, I don't think the producers of this film consulted any of the objective references. The Mormons, mostly played as one-dimensional villians, come off as caricatures at best. Jon Voigt, who was brilliant in... Full review

I don't know if this story was true but the movie just shows a masacre of poor colonizers without showing a lot of story and just concentrates a goofy love story, well done maybe it could have more impact but a... Full review

I can honestly say I didn't know a thing about this movie before renting it. However, the basic idea is that it takes place in 1857 and it's about how some fanatical Mormons slaughtered a wagon train of Christians. Now, I... Full review

The problem is that it's really obvious and not exactly good filmmaking.....since it's in such a terrible movie it doesn't add much..... ... Full Review

September Dawn," written by an evangelical Christian, may be the worst historical drama ever made. Still, when this scene occurs in Christopher Cain's disturbingly awful "September Dawn," there are heavy portents of trouble. ... Full Review

Instead, "September Dawn" offers a brainless, clumsy, and repellent trampling of history, religion, and Western movies likely to please no one. On the way to the obligatory scenes of carnage the history and genre demand, "September Dawn" catalogs institutionalized Mormon hypocrisy and cruelty with such an archaic moustache-twirling simplicity that it inadvertently evokes H.B. Parkinson's infamous and ludicrous 1922 film melodrama "Trapped by the Mormons. ... Full Review

Cain's film shines.....September Dawn' disappoints with one-dimensional tale of intolerance....September Dawn" is undeniably a powerful film.....The often-recounted real-life story behind "September Dawn" is horrific:....With the natural beauty of Utah as a backdrop, the images are gorgeous..... ... Full Review

hate, the more the film looks amateurish and silly.....It's a trashy, tasteless, and ridiculous film about a serious event in prairie history, eliciting laughter instead of education.....September Dawn" is more content poking sticks into the unknown to rile up sensitive viewers.....He's created a clumsy picture, unable to finesse its low budget into something compact and direct..... ... Full Review

More than 100 men, women and children from Arkansas were massacred on Sept. 11, 1857, as their wagon train stopped in the Utah Territory on the way to California. But who was responsible for the murders a renegade sect of ... Full Article

If I were to revert to a textbook analogy to describe Christopher Cain's latest directorial effort, it would have to be this: September Dawn is to Mormons as Fahrenheit 9/11 is to President Bush. ... Full Article

Oy, what a mess.This movie, "inspired" by real events, reeks of ulterior motives, yet even these unstated objectives are obscured by slack filmmaking choices and a silly Romeo-and-Juliet love story that's pushed front and center. ... Full Article

Jon Voight looks like a monument in September Dawn , his jaw set and eyes granite hard. As Bishop Jacob Samuelson, hes got a whole slew of grudges to nurse, plus 18 wives, multiple children, and an utterly faithful and... ... Full Article

When watching the screen depiction of a historic event in which 120 people were murdered, giggling is not the appropriate response.But "September Dawn," director Christopher Cain's drama set during the Mountain Meadows Massacre, is deserving of derision. ... Full Article

Groups of people have longer memories than individuals. Grudges get passed down from generation to generation and sometimes they flare up with lethal results. But "September Dawn" is not exactly about that. ... Full Article