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  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • Every Tribe Entertainment
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • Every Tribe Entertainment
  • 1 h 48 m

Summary Mincayani is born into the most violent society ever documented by anthropologists, the Waodani in the eastern rainforest of Ecuador. As he grows he learns what every Waodani understands, he must spear and live or be speared and die. Mincayani's world changes when he and his family kill five missionaries. This incident propels Mincayani'...

Directed By: Jim Hanon

Written By: Bill Ewing, Bart Gavigan, Jim Hanon

  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • Every Tribe Entertainment
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • Every Tribe Entertainment
  • 1 h 48 m

End of the Spear

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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Summary Mincayani is born into the most violent society ever documented by anthropologists, the Waodani in the eastern rainforest of Ecuador. As he grows he learns what every Waodani understands, he must spear and live or be speared and die. Mincayani's world changes when he and his family kill five missionaries. This incident propels Mincayani'...

Directed By: Jim Hanon

Written By: Bill Ewing, Bart Gavigan, Jim Hanon

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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17% Positive
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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17% Positive
3 Reviews
50% Mixed
9 Reviews
33% Negative
6 Reviews

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While Hanon's film stints on character development, he convincingly portrays the events that foster redemption and forgiveness, as over time the Waodani shed their culture of violence.
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In spite of End Of The Spear's fundamental conservatism, the missionaries' disastrous initial encounter with the Waodani ultimately teaches the progressive message that when it comes to winning the hearts and minds of foreign cultures, Bibles and superior technology are no substitute for a thorough understanding of their language and culture.
By Nathan Rabin FULL REVIEW
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Shot in Panama, with a cast of local Indians and B-tier Latino and Anglo actors, End of the Spear has neither the marquee heft nor the artistic gravitas of "The New World."
By Steven Rea FULL REVIEW
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What creeps in is the dramatic simple-mindedness attendant with a purity-of-purpose mind-set.
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The naiveté with which the missionaries approach their initial meeting with the Waodani, whose propensity to violence was well-documented, appears at once incredibly stupid and divinely loving.
By Steve Davis FULL REVIEW
38
This ersatz jungle adventure is really a thinly disguised Sunday School lesson in faith, charity and the savagery of life without Christ.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
25
Atrociously scripted and edited.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Every Tribe Entertainment, Bearing Fruit Entertainment, Toy Gun Films
Release Date Jan 20, 2006
Duration 1 h 48 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline Dare to Make Contact
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Awards

Heartland International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
GMA Dove Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Young Artist Awards
• 1 Nomination

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