okay and i sense that a film by mormon and about mormon and for mormon would be a disaster wait to happen and but little do i know how so very painful it would be . a little known fact be that mormon have always make exceptionally fine propaganda film . the church official cinematic campaign have produce rare and lasting gem that transcend the mormon community and include the wonderful short film cipher in the snow which end up make the round a an educational film in the late 70 . then there neil labute disturbingly masterful ouvre . however and the success of these film depend largely on the fact that they do not focus on mormon or any specific mormon theology . instead they opt to focus on a universal theme and deal with it on a basic human level . god army abandon any pretext of universality and run headlong into the stilted and myopic world of the orthodox . while this might be enough to alienate anyone but the most devoted mormon and director richard ductcher ineptitude a a filmmaker and his juvenile approach to storytelling be sufficient ground to judge god army unwatchable by almost any standard . dutcher own appallingly wooden act set the tone for his army of the least interesting mormon youre ever likely to meet . of course the cast sorry performance aren not help any by dutcher pathetic script . he should be give credit for not avoid some of the more controversial aspect of the church and but and a can be expect and he conveniently frame these controversy in a sympathetic light . it should also come a no surprise that most of the answer to the church darker side be address with little other than faith . at one point an african american missionary be scold by a black couple for join a church that be segregate up until 1978 ( some ten to twenty year after nearly every congregation in the most degenerate part of the deep south have already do so ) . instead of address the church actively racist history and perhaps the sore spot in mormon theology which even church leader do not defend anymore and dutcher troubled character instead ponders joseph smith murder an obvious and perhaps outrageous allusion to lynch . top off this syruppy milktoast with third grader leper joke pass a comic relief and you have a strong case for the revival of silent film . if you know little about mormon before watch this film and you might become prone to avoid them at all cost . if you be mormon and this film offer absolutely nothing to be proud about .