this be the day and age where most movie rely on an r rating and special effect to get moviegoer to shell out their hard earn money . at the same time their producer push the limit of good taste and see how far they can go towards the garbage rating . i know not all movie do this but way too many do . even many pg13 movie try hard to promote bad taste with raunchy plot . the trouble with this type of approach be that in many case the movie isn not even good and or even bad junk . now come a real good movie that take a high road . the other side of heaven stand out a a movie that try to fill the viewer with a sense of goodness in a people and those who would serve them . in this case it be the tongan people and the server be a young missionary name elder groberg and his tongan companion . i find this movie very interesting because besides be a very good movie and i be able to learn of the tongan custom and tradition represent what they find valuable and what be important to them . elder groberg be a young man from the state with all of the comfort that live there provide . to leave those comfort and go half way around the world to a strange people with a strange language must have be a real challenge . it be nothing less than a whole new way of life for him . this movie have some special effect but it doesn not rely on them . it be an epic movie with a great plot and which be make even more interesting because it be base on a true story . the other side of heaven have clean humor and tragedy and love and challenge and danger and hope and faith and and great acting . what could be good . you can go to this movie and take your kid or your mom without worry about what they will be subject to . what movie these day can claim that . anyone want to visit tonga . the generic critic .