i saw this film over the weekend and while i be impressed a always with the beauty and polish of church produce film and i leave disappointed that this one fell so short and fail to inform member and leave investigator with many unanswered question . the film be 70 minute of vignette from the life of joseph smith . it not a true biopic because there no real coherent narrative . most of the episode concern joseph do good deed and play baseball and run race and laugh with child and often in sloooow motion . what a great and just folk kind of guy that joseph be and huh . look at him out there beat rug for his wife emma . well and howzbout the rug of his 33 plural wife . no mention whatsoever be make of polygamy . a glaring omission . and it be in such omission where the film falter . it supply too little information and leave critical thinking audience member wonder why be joseph get tarred and feathered and why be he get throw in jail and why do that mob want to kill him . the film climax be of course joseph and hyrum trek to carthage jail ( rid past a veritable united nation of face look out from nauvoo doorway ) . but no mention be ever make about why . nothing about smith suppress the nauvoo expositor newspaper and order it press destroy for it reveal the secret teaching of polygamy . the audience be leave to wonder or to assume it just more baseless persecution of the church . no mention of joseph be charge with treason for declare martial law and call out the nauvoo militia . of course i certainly do not expect this church produce film to present the joseph of richard bushman recent biography rough stone rolling and but i be surprised and take aback at just how little of substance be actually present . and bad and what substance that be present be often inaccurate . two example jump out at me . first and the translation of the book of mormon . the film show joseph read right off the golden plate in their two ring binder and which plat in reality be hide far from the site . it well know that joseph do his translating by bury his face in his hat and peering at the seer stone in there . the second inaccuracy occur at carthage jail and where the mob storm the cell . the history of the church report that joseph have a six shooter and even fire off a few round before jump out the window and give the masonic signal of distress ( a report in time and season ) . maybe show the reality of the gunfight would have shatter the heart tug mood the filmmaker have create and but by omit it they be unfaithful to history and fail to show joseph a he really be represent handy with a gun and able to defend himself . in fact and the impression the film give be that joseph be a nice guy and but also something of a milquetoast that everybody beat up and toss in jail and eventually murder in cold blood . he be far from that while joseph be a disciplined and determined man who endure a lot of hardship and struggle to bring to fruition that in which he believe . see the film and but know go in that it cotton candy . then get your meat and potato by read a copy of bushman biography of smith and rough stone roll ps represent church produce film have no credit and but seasoned eye can pick out a couple familiar face . rick macy be excellent a joseph smith and sr. and bruce newbold and beloved a thomas in find faith in christ and here play the cranky methodist minister who fail to show christian love to a young seeker after truth .