September Dawn Reviews

Movie Reviews

• the worst historical drama ever made

  by Jack Matthews [NY Daily News ]

• the jarring MTV-style filmmaking is so distracting and the "messaging" so unsubtle

  by Brett Register [Orlando Weekly ]

• the didactic presentation, grim speechifying and tacked-on love story all signify a less-than-healthy regard for the audience's intelligence

  by Justin Chang [Variety ]

• succeeds completely at failure

  by Kyle Smith [New York Post ]

• spends so much time on the motivation of Bishop and the Mormons that the humanity of the victims is not fleshed out

  by Dave Tianen [Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ]

• Revisiting an ugly chapter of US history

  by Ty Burr [Boston Globe ]

• never comes close to packing the emotional wallop of the denouement

  by Tim Knight [Reel.com ]

• feels less like an attempt at historical truth-telling than like shameless anti-Mormon propaganda

  by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine ]

• Cain's direction is as unimaginative as an episode of "Little House on the Prairie"

  Review rate : C+ by Bill White [Seattle Post Intelligencer ]

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