Six Days in August

My family and I saw this fim over the weekend. I knew most of the history protrayed in this film. My family members did not know the history protrayed. We all enjoyed this film! On the way home we all talked about the movie, and what we liked about it. Even though the movie did some jumping back and forth between time periods, no one was confused. This film deplicts a crucial time in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a time in US history. The cimenatography was beautiful! I would recommend this to everyone! You may want to watch Witnesses first (which is also a great film), just to understand the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints a little better.

Just finished watching Six Days in August in theatres. Very professionally and creatively made film. The cinematography was awesome, the score was moving, and, while it seemed the writers struggled sometimes to narrow down the elements necessary for their story, the acting portrayed by the actors (particularly with John Donovan Wilson) was superb. The ensemble cast did a fantastic job of carrying the story and providing the audience with a close look into the days after the LDS prophets death. Definitely would recommend seeing in theatres. Very well made and would hope that the film's reach keeps extending.

Beautifully filmed, well acted, and not afraid to tackle difficult topics or to depict disagreement and even strife. Also quite funny at points.

I would recommend this film to just about anybody who's old enough to follow a somewhat involved plot -- but, of course, it will appeal most to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

It does a good job of telling a dramatic story that made a huge amount of difference, in the years that followed, to the history of the American West and especially to the history of the Church. It's educational but entertaining. I really enjoyed it myself.

Go see it! Time well spent!

Beautiful cinematography and music pulled the viewer into this historical story of the early LDS church. It told the story of a defining moment in time as the church grappled with Joseph Smith's successor. We learned several things that we had not known before. The casting was excellent. The music was powerful in its subtle use of hymns recognizable to church members. The use of 'Praise to the Man' at the end underscored the film's theme of Joseph Smith as the Prophet. The actual run time of the film was longer than we thought as we never looked at our watches during it.

We enjoyed the movie and definitely would recommend it.

The fact that there is no middle ground here should indicate that your bias going into the theater will determine whether you like it or not. The film is beautiful, well acted and uses actual dialogue right from many journals. Many of the 1star reviews somehow claim they know more than anyone else about history. Some even write like they actually lived through events. The truth is that many know more about Joseph's and Brigham's sex life than they know about their own parents sex life. Go figure.

The movie will help many to appreciate those who came before. The sacrifices made by the early saints are incomprehensible. If you are a striving faithful saint the movie will be excellent. If however, you have an ax to grind you should stay away and as for those Brigham haters- thinking you have any credentials to Judge any of the early saints will only reveal the fool you are when it's time for your own judgement.