The Other Side of Heaven

THis is a very good movie to watch i fell in love when i first watched it... i loved it a whole lot... they should come out with another movie like this...... Full review

I'm biased. I lived in Tonga for two years (in the village of Kolovai 2000-2002) as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer. I enjoyed watching a cinematic depiction of a culture in which I fell in love. The scenery (though not actually... Full review

I thought the movie was absolutely beautiful and correctly portrayed the Tongan people and their culture. I, myself, was a missionary in Tonga and I could relate to some of John Grover's experiences. The movie portrayed various aspects of the Tongan... Full review

Great movie. Everyone should see it. It is by far the best movie of the year. Anne Hathaway rocks in this movie.... Full review

The story behind the movie is one which is very important and meaningful; however, it translated extremely poorly to the screen. The screenwriting was not done in a cinematic way; there was no flow or momentum to the story whatsoever. It... Full review

i've watching this movie many times and dont feel tired to see it. It touches my heart because i was once serving a 2 years mission in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had experience different from Elder... Full review

The Other Side of Heaven is a wonderful, heartfelt, and inspirational film! It has such passion and to give to its viewers. This film will be especially inspirational to Christians. Even more to Christians who will do/are doing/have done mission work.... Full review

This film just needed a little more tweeking on the storyline and it could have been awesome. I'm still wondering who saved Elder Groberg and his mates from the Island they were stranded on.... Full review

i'm a mormon, and there are some incidences that confuse me. for example, the boy who fell from a tree and nearly died, the elder was supposed to give him a blessing with oliver oil, but he did some chanting instead,... Full review

Insultingly simplistic, with a clear assumption of the superiority of white missionaries over native peoples. Despite the beauty of the scenery, and the skill of the main actors, I truly hated this movie! If I could have left I would have.... Full review

Despite the fine cinematography --....this long and relentlessly saccharine film is a clear case of preaching to the converted..... ... Full Review

this slick, fact-based, missionary-themed drama, has racked up almost $4.5 million in a gradual national rollout.....Some touching cross-cultural scenes and cool typhoons ensue..... ... Full Review

Based on Groberg's memoir, The Other Side of Heaven is truly a family-friendly film. The hurricane scene is particularly well done: Fierce winds turn corrugated tin roofs into horrifying projectiles. ... Full Review

the most preachy parts of the movie and those were fairly limited in number Movie: One of the problems that movie buffs face is finding a good movie for whatever mood they are in at a particular point in time. ... Full Review

Although it's hard to be too mean to such a Pollyanna-ish movie, one thing is clear:.... ... Full Review

TELEISIA TONGA | Oct. 31, 2004 I thought it was a really good movie and my family loved it, especially my father, who is infact from the tongan islands. ... Full Article

A young man from Idaho finds himself in a beautiful but dangerous land in the South Pacific as he follows his faith and tries to spread it to others in this adventure-drama, based on a true story. ... Full Article

The Missionary Position A Review by Rachel Gordon 04/04/2002 The Other Side of Heaven is a movie Disney wishes it had made, but considering first-time writer/director Mitch Davis and executive producer Jeff Simpson hail from previous Disney employment, maybe the... ... Full Article

This gently retro story of a young Morman missionary in the Pacific Islands of Tonga loses some wholesomeness points due to some smug insularity. It takes John Groberg (Christopher Gorham) 83 days to get to the tiny Tongan island where... ... Full Article

Directed By: Mitch Davis Starring: Anne Hathaway, Whetu Fala, Nathaniel Lees, Miriama Smith, Joe Foulau, Christopher Gorham (PG, 113 min.)The Kingdom of Tonga certainly looks like paradise. ... Full Article

It;s a nice change of pace to see a Mormon film that doesn't completely rely on bad actors and a trite story of naive missionaries in the urban jungle. ... Full Article