Willard y Rebecca Bean tienen una misión que los lleva a una localidad en la que no son bienvenidos. Deben decidir su luchar por su derecho a vivir allí, o aprender a vivir con el desprecio ... Leer todoWillard y Rebecca Bean tienen una misión que los lleva a una localidad en la que no son bienvenidos. Deben decidir su luchar por su derecho a vivir allí, o aprender a vivir con el desprecio de los vecinos.Willard y Rebecca Bean tienen una misión que los lleva a una localidad en la que no son bienvenidos. Deben decidir su luchar por su derecho a vivir allí, o aprender a vivir con el desprecio de los vecinos.
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- James Walsh
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THE FIGHTING PREACHER is a clean, family-friendly movie, with its major issues being the false Mormon theology and history and the violence. Because Willard is a boxer, there are many scenes not only of sports related violence, but also violence outside the ring. I absolutely love this movie 🍿. This is based on a true story with extreme liberty taken with dialogue and events. Willard and Recca Bean have been selected by the Church of the Latter-Day Saints to occupy the Joseph Smith farm in Palmyra, NY. Willard is a former boxer. They are not wanted, but all ends well in a hokey story. Preacher Willard Bean becomes the world middleweight boxing champion in 1905, but when Joseph F. Smith asks him to step away from the limelight and serve a five-year mission in upstate New York, the Beans immediately pack their bags and travel to the East Coast.
"The Fighting Preacher" benefits from a slightly fresher style than other Mormon films of its kind and definitely shows more promising production value. Still, the performances are one-dimensional and the script is incredibly predictable.
It's a boring piece that feels just like the other propaganda stories of its kind and Mormon films still feel that its fair to predict "outsiders" as one-dimensional bullies that in order for them to become a decent person, they must convert to the religion.
I found the film to be generally poorly done considering the time it was released and felt that at this stage, there should be no excuses anymore to prevent Mormon cinema to reach a new standard. Unfortunately, the genre is trapped in a never ending "early saints" setting, determined to portray Mormons as perfectly kind hearted people being victimized by everyone in the country.
The main lead's performance is the only thing that grounds the film for me in some kind of reality. Unfortunately, everything else fails.
It's a boring piece that feels just like the other propaganda stories of its kind and Mormon films still feel that its fair to predict "outsiders" as one-dimensional bullies that in order for them to become a decent person, they must convert to the religion.
I found the film to be generally poorly done considering the time it was released and felt that at this stage, there should be no excuses anymore to prevent Mormon cinema to reach a new standard. Unfortunately, the genre is trapped in a never ending "early saints" setting, determined to portray Mormons as perfectly kind hearted people being victimized by everyone in the country.
The main lead's performance is the only thing that grounds the film for me in some kind of reality. Unfortunately, everything else fails.
In his autobiography, Willard Bean wrote: "When people tell my story they usually get it about half right." This movie is an example of that; the screenwriter got it about half right. The sad thing is the parts he got wrong were deliberately wrong because the writer thought it would make a better story. The real, accurate story would have made a much better movie. Sadder still is that in interviews the writer presented his altered version as true and accurate.
Visually this movie is beautiful. Mr. Christensen is one of the best cinematopraphers working today. David McConnell does a very good job portraying Willard Bean, but unfortunately, he received some bad direction which made some of his scenes silly and eye-rolling.
If you like "Mormon movies", you'll love this one. It has some touching moments and some good lessons, and even a thinly disguised Three Nephites Story (which is so poorly put together it leaves the audience wondering what just happened). One of the ways the writer changed the true story was to create an a-little-child-shall-lead-them storyline. This is always good for a few tears whether it's true or not. Adding this storyline feels like an insult to Willard Bean's life and his true character, but it's a guaranteed Kleenex moment in any "Mormon movie".
Visually, I would give this movie 8 out of 10 stars. Unfortunately, Mr Christensen insists on being a one-man band who writes, directs, shoots and produces and I can't give the final product more than 4 out of 10 stars. Had this been a team effort with a good writer who stuck to the true story, and good director working with one of the industries great cinematographers, this could have been an outstanding movie.
One final note. Before you lump me in the category of Mormon hater, or disgruntled Latter-day Saint with a chip on his shoulder, I am neither of these. I am a devout Latter-day Saint with no ax to grind. I am simply giving an honest assessment of the movie.
Great for leaning the value of living others despite differences
What a great story! There are not very many films that tell a really good story well, but this is one of them! Treated with love and kindness it fills you with love. This is not really a religious story but one of belief. Great family watch!
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- TriviaAll boxing scenes were shot in the last two days of filming so if McConnell got "smashed in the face or whatever, we still got our film," Christensen joked.
- ErroresFour missionaries come to the house. Two are introduced as Elder Crawford Gates and Elder Gordon Hinckley. Latter-day Saints will recognize those names: Gates was a prominent composer and Hinckley was the Latter-day Saint Prophet from 1995 to 2008. The scene in the movie takes place around 1920 - 1922. Gates was born in 1921 and Hinckley in 1910; Gates would have been one year old and Hinckley 11 or 12 years old.
- Créditos curiososIn the closing credits, footnotes are added where someone appeared in the film who's related to someone depicted in it.
- ConexionesReferences Rocky (1976)
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- Total en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 954,641
- Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 60,223
- 28 jul 2019
- Total a nivel mundial
- USD 954,641
- Tiempo de ejecución
- 1h 40min(100 min)
- Color
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