The Singles Ward DVD

Starring:Will Swenson, Connie Young, Daryn Tufts, Kirby Heyborne, Michael Birkeland, Robert Swenson, Lincoln Hoppe, Tarance Edwards, Michelle Ainge, Gretchen Whalley, Sedra Santos, Wally Joyner, Danny Ainge, Richard Dutcher, Kim Wares, Shawn Bradley, Gordon Jump, Jimmy Chunga, Kerry Jackson (II), LaVell Edwards
Director: Kurt Hale
Studio: Halestorm
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Description
This funny, touching, romantic comedy focuses on the single life of a group of young Latter-day Saints. It shows that being LDS and single can be as funny as it is unique. Audiences will laugh as they are reminded of the defining moments that make up single life for young Mormons. This movie, hilarious at times, will leave you smiling and talking all night long. Anyone who is or ever has been an LDS Single will thoroughly LOVE this movie! There are numerous cameo appearances throughout the movie by Steve Young, Coach La Vell Edwards & Coach Ron McBride, Shawn Bradley, Danny Ainge, Gordon Jump, Wally Joyner, Thurl Bailey, Richard Dutcher, and Utah's own Ruth Hale. This DVD has many special features that aren't offered on the VHS tape. The DVD has music videos, outtakes, interactive dating games, and other LDS movie trailers.. among other things! You'll be glad you got the DVD.

The Singles Ward DVD
Average customer rating:

This is a great movie from beginning to end.

Could have been better

Best Mormon Movie So Far

Had Good Parts

Life is tough,and then you have to go a courtin'

The Singles Ward DVD
Starring: Will Swenson , Connie Young , Daryn Tufts , Kirby Heyborne , and Michael Birkeland
Director: Kurt Hale
Manufacturer: Halestorm
ProductGroup: DVD
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Release Date: 2002-09-01

Description

This funny, touching, romantic comedy focuses on the single life of a group of young Latter-day Saints. It shows that being LDS and single can be as funny as it is unique. Audiences will laugh as they are reminded of the defining moments that make up single life for young Mormons. This movie, hilarious at times, will leave you smiling and talking all night long. Anyone who is or ever has been an LDS Single will thoroughly LOVE this movie! There are numerous cameo appearances throughout the movie by Steve Young, Coach La Vell Edwards & Coach Ron McBride, Shawn Bradley, Danny Ainge, Gordon Jump, Wally Joyner, Thurl Bailey, Richard Dutcher, and Utah's own Ruth Hale. This DVD has many special features that aren't offered on the VHS tape. The DVD has music videos, outtakes, interactive dating games, and other LDS movie trailers.. among other things! You'll be glad you got the DVD.

Customer Reviews:

This is a great movie from beginning to end........2006-06-19

Although I am no longer a member of the L.D.S. faith, and their doctrine will always seem "off the wall" to me, I found this movie to be very enjoyable. This is a "mainstream" comedy that emphasizes the more normal side of the L.D.S. religion. This is the only L.D.S. based movie that I have enjoyed watching (and the only L.D.S. based movie that is worth watching). The soundtrack of the L.D.S. "primary" songs in the movie are wonderfully sung in a positive, upbeat manner. This is definitely worth your time and money. Enjoy!

Could have been better.......2006-06-09

I know many people who get quite defensive when I tell them of my dislike for the movie, "The Singles Ward." Right away, I hear things like, "It's people like you who give good movies a bad name," or "Oh sure! And I suppose a Hollywood movie, with plenty of swearing and potty humor, would have been better?"

To set the record straight, I love movies that are void of curse words and/or potty humor. In fact, I'll gladly watch a Jimmy Stewart or Cary Grant movie anyday over most of the crap movies Hollywodd puts out nowadays. But just because a movie script is clean, doesn't instantly make it high quality, and an example of this is, "The Singles Ward."

The premise sounds interesting enough. A divorced man tries to find his way back into the LDS Church via the singles scene. But this is what dissapointed me the most about, "The Singles Ward" is that it could have been a whole lot better.

Each and every character in this film is so one-dimensional that it was almost painful to watch. The two main characters for example, Jonathan and Cammie, just felt like Utah-LDS stereotypes. And at times, the supporting cast almost seemed like a bunch of robots, just going through the motions of how the outside world views LDS Church members.

Towards the end of this film, there are several moments where the focus turns from comedic to dramatic, but I felt this just made the movie worse. It's almost as if the director was apoligizing for how bad the script was, and had decided to plug in a little tension in order to somehow make the movie better. Sorry, but it just makes the movie sink faster.

The cameos of all the local LDS celebrities is more distracting than anything else. And the music in this movie, hate to say it, but it was embarrassing to listen too.

The only kudos I give this movie is that it did attempt to address a subject matter that hits close to home for many Latter-Day Saints - The dating and courship scene. Maybe the next time someone makes a film on this subject, the characters can be real people with real thoughts and emotions, instead of just cardboard cutouts in a cardboard cutout world.

There are many people, like myself, who demand high quality movies, minus the language, filth and violence, and there are indeed many movies out there like that. Sadly, "The Singles Ward" isn't one of them.

Best Mormon Movie So Far.......2005-11-28

I am a Mormon and I grew up in the church.Even if we don't have any Singles Ward in this country,we can still relate about the agony when it comes to finding an eternal companion.And what's great about this movie is that it pokes fun at our frustrations,without being preachy.There are lots of genuinely funny moments in this movie,including the ones when Jonathan is doing "stand up comedy" (Seven Brides and One Brother!) and when he was caught by his friends talking alone,etc.
I dont think we should treat this movie too seriously.Though this movie will inspire us and will remind us about how "cool" it is to be a Mormon,this is mainly a romantic comedy,its not necessary (at least in this movie) to include all the teachings of our church.
I think this is the best Mormon Movie so far (haven't seen "The Best Two Years" and "Home Teachers" though)."The RM" is really great too I highly recommend it.I didnt like "Charly" and "The Other Side of Heaven" that much.

Had Good Parts.......2005-10-05

This movie was better than "The Home Teachers" but not nearly as good as "The RM". Good sterotypes and some funny scenes, but I saw "The RM" first and expected the same enjoyment out of this movie and it was lacking. See if your library has it. I wouldn't spend much money buying a copy.

Life is tough,and then you have to go a courtin'.......2005-07-25

There are several ways to approach this film.1st,as an academic analysis-You can rip it to shreds.Why bother.This isn't an attempt to impress the hoity-toity,brie and wine crowd.2nd-a great glimpse into to the utter hilarity of being a member of the church in question,the secret handshake words and phrases,the odd social mores,it's all to die for.No,I watch for insights into the horror of finding a mate of a certain type if you missed the window of opportunity that is most appropriate for young Mormons,you know,that 1st 6 months after your mission and for females anytime BEFORE your bishop starts eying you for a mission.The pathetic nature of the desperation ,resignation or withdrawl you see in a typical singles ward can be entertaining and heartbreaking at the same time.The mating rituals of the over the hill "good"girls and boys does invite more study.In order not to do crazy things,I guess it is good to approach this subject with humor.There is a lot more material to be mined here.This effort,based on the constraints of ,mainly,money is quite good,I would give it two thumbs up.

Average customer rating:

Easily the best Mormon themed movie available...
Great work
A fantastic flick
A Great Film
Very funny

The Best Two Years

Manufacturer: HaleStone
ProductGroup: DVD
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The Best Two Years tells the story of four missionaries who share an apartment in Amsterdam, Holland. Elder Rogers (KC Clyde) has only a couple of months to go on his mission, but his testimony and zeal for missionary work has suffered from hardships he experienced in letters from home. He is now only serving out his time with as little effort as possible when he is given a "greenie" from Oklahoma as a junior companion. Elder Calhoun (Kirby Heyborne) has the enthusiasm, innocence and naiveté of a new missionary, and the relationship between the two creates some very funny moments. These two elders share a typical missionary apartment with Elders van Pelt (Cameron Hopkin) and Johnson (David Nibley). Elder van Pelt fancies himself a rather handsome ladies man who is keeping an ongoing correspondence with three "girlfriends" back home. He is also very ambitious, and sees himself as quickly moving up the ranks of missionary leadership. Elder Johnson is Elder van Pelt's senior companion, and has a more "seasoned" view of being a missionary. He is looking forward to returning home and marrying his girlfriend, with whom he keeps an active correspondence going. Both elders have certain habits that tend to wear on the other.

Customer Reviews:

Easily the best Mormon themed movie available..........2007-04-17

First off, you do NOT have to be LDS (Mormon) in order to enjoy this movie, but having served a Mission certainly helps to make the humor a bit more enjoyable I believe. I'd go into detail about that, but you really HAVE to serve a Mission to fully appreciate a lot of the subtle (and sometimes outright) jokes.

With that said, I was pretty much giving up seeing these LDS themed films for the simple fact that they were (for the most part) becoming a serious threat to good taste...and by that I mean most of them were just boring. Sure they would have a few laughs, but man were they becoming tiresome. The Best Two Years tackles the religious theme from a totally new angle and succeeds on all levels. First off, despite how odd some of the Missionaries are portrayed, ask ANYBODY who has ever served two years and they can ALL recall at least a handful of elders who were VERY similar -- making the movie even more believable.

The setting in Holland was a surprisingly good one because it almost became the uncredited 5th character in the movie. The reality of the situation is a simple one, and I believe very much provides the drama (and the humor) of what serving a Mission is really like. We have an apartment with two sets of Missionaries, one getting ready to go home and not a moment too soon, either...one brand new and more than thrilled to be serving...one who is quite full of himself and the District Leader who for the most part is a good leader to the other 3. I saw it over and over again as Missionaries received the almost inevitable Dear John from their girlfriend back home. I don't know if there are even actual statistics regarding the girls who really wait the whole 24 months, but I'd have to say at least 65% do NOT wait...What I truly liked about this particular movie was just how honest and real the movie felt as I watched it. How one eager and excited person can jump-start another who felt his engine dry up long before the newbie even showed up. This realism made the whole experience one that really hit home as well as brought to the surface a gigantic load of previously lost memories of amazingly similar circumstances.

For those who are concerned the film is *Preachy* in an attempt to draw you into the Mormon faith, that couldn't be further from the truth. While I WILL say a rather large chunk of the movie simply will not make sense if you are not a member of the LDS religion, you don't HAVE to be a member in order to appreciate fine movie-making. Even though the movie is fictional, it was as true-to-life as I believe you can expect these days. VERY well made and I just can't tell you the number of laughs I had during places that nobody else did -- all because of my own personal experience out if *the field*. I also enjoyed the soundtrack quite a bit. All in all, this is easily the best Mormon themed movie available today (IMHO).

Great work.......2007-03-26

Along with Saints and Soldiers, this is one of the better films put out by the LDS filmmakers. This one, not like most of the LDS films, is able to carry a strong message.

A fantastic flick.......2007-01-15

This is easily the best film in the Mormon film genre. Beyond being a great "mormon movie," it's just a great movie. The screenplay is good, the acting is good, the music is good, the cinematography is good, everything is good. I highly recommend it.

A Great Film.......2007-01-04

Yes, this is a film about missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; a "Mormon movie," if you will. But I not only count it as my favorite Mormon movie, I count it as one of my top five favorite movies of all time. Yes, I am Mormon, and if that might lead you to believe I am biased, maybe you're right! :-) But I've only been Mormon for a year or so, and I've been a movie enthusiast practically my whole life. This film contains everything a good movie should: great characters with internal and external conflicts, friendship, love, character growth, and a satisfying ending. All this (and more), and it's filmed in one of the most beautiful places in the world. It truly made me laugh and cry. I whole-heartedly recommend this film, whether you are LDS or not.

Very funny.......2007-01-04

I liked this movie a lot. It reminded me of my own mission. Much better than God's Army.

Average customer rating:

I liked it
Very funny
Easy to watch and enjoy but by no means great
Worst movie I've ever seen. Razzie, anyone?
Mobsters and Mormons

Mobsters and Mormons
Starring: Mark Decarlo
Director: John Moyer
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When Carmine "The Beans" Pasquale (Mark DeCarlo) is nabbed by the FBI, he decides to testify against his mafia boss (Michael Kagan) and go into the Witness Relocation Program with his wife Gina (Jeanette Puhich) and son Vincent (Clayton Taylor). Now known as George, Linda and Patrick Cheeseman, the Pasquale family is sent to suburban Utah to begin their new life. But can the "Cheesemans" survive in a wolrd where everyone is Mormon, all coffee is bad and scrapbooking reigns supreme? A hilarious comedy with a knockout comedic performance by DeCarlo.

Customer Reviews:

I liked it.......2007-07-03

This was a decent LDS film. Much better than some others out there. I would recommend it.

Very funny.......2007-01-13

Although it's funnier when you understand Mormons and their lifestyles, but it is still funny no matter who watches it.

Easy to watch and enjoy but by no means great.......2006-09-14

This movie is a somewhat enjoyable film geared towards members of the LDS faith. It has a few funny moments that and it is pretty well acted (for lower budget movies at least).

The movies premise is about a Mobster who cuts a deal with the FBI (to stay out of jail) and squeels on his mob boss in return for his squeeling he and his family are put into a witness protection program and are sent to live in Provo, Utah.

The movies premise is what it's like for a hard core mobster and his family to live in happy valley.

Like I said this movie does have a few good laughs and the acting is good (for a low budget film).

The problem with the film are as follows:

1 - Too preachy... sometimes the film tries too hard to preach about the LDS faith instead of tell a story

2 - On my DVD copy the sound didn't match the movement on people's lips. I would think that would be something you should check out before you start producing the film!

3 - Just an average good one time watch.... nothing you would want to see over and over again. This would be a good one time rental or library movie.

Decent just not great.

Worst movie I've ever seen. Razzie, anyone?.......2006-09-05

If I could give this no stars, I would! The person from Kearns, UT who thinks this movie would be great for non-mormons, think again! I inadvertantly rented it at the video store, thinking it would be funny. In unbiased hands, it could have been. Skilled writers and actors would have been a plus, too. The acting was awful. The dialogue was stilted. The plot was unbelievable. Apparently the writers have never even watched a TV crime show, let alone done research. This movie played out like it was hastily thrown together by a couple of college kids pulling an all-nighter for film class. Worst of all, the whole thing came across as a thinly-veiled proselytizing tool. It may be A+ entertainment for mormons, but for regular folk like me this was nowhere near the quality one would expect.

Mobsters and Mormons.......2006-05-11

Mobsters and Mormons is by far the best film Halestone Entertainment has ever produced. It is very funny and provides a wonderful message. I think they really hit a homerun with this film. It is a must see! Leaves you feeling very satisfied!

Average customer rating:

Enjoyable Family Film--a good time

The Singles Ward

Manufacturer: Halestorm Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

The R.M. - Special edition Mormon comedy

Product Features:

Widescreen edition
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ASIN: B000JWS5OM

Product Description

A hilarious romantic comedy that proves when it comes to Mormons, the rules of the dating game are completely different. Bonus Features: Motion Menus, Scene Selections, Trailers, Jell-O Recipes.

Customer Reviews:

Enjoyable Family Film--a good time.......2007-06-18

A funny, touching, tender--oft times hilarious family film in the LDS genre. There are some scenes/jokes that only hold meaning for Mormons, but the story line of "single people trying to make a good match and find their way in life" crosses all boundaries.
Worth watching.

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