The Mission

Name: The Mission
Genre: Documentary
Released: January 27, 2023
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 47

2023

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Film Movement | Release Date (Streaming): January 27, 2023 | Not Rated

Summary: Every year, over 60,000 young missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are sent across the world to preach their gospel. The Mission follows four Latter-day Saints teenagers from their training in Utah to their missions in Finland, home of Europe’s most private and secular people. Tania Anderson's film tracks theseEvery year, over 60,000 young missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are sent across the world to preach their gospel. The Mission follows four Latter-day Saints teenagers from their training in Utah to their missions in Finland, home of Europe’s most private and secular people. Tania Anderson's film tracks these wide-eyed, impassioned teens on their two-year rite of passage, as they struggle with being immersed in a new culture, and the daily rejections they inevitably receive throughout their task. [Film Movement]… Expand

Director: Tania Anderson

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 95 min

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Alan Ng

Feb 1, 2023

The Mission is a straightforward documentary about the life of a Mormon missionary. Nothing controversial happens. It’s a day-in-the-life story. Though Anderson never attempts to proselytize audiences into the LDS religion, there are more than enough opportunities to hear their message. Read full review

Noel Murray

Jan 27, 2023

The Mission is less about Mormonism or Finland than it is a poignant and relatable portrait of loneliness. Read full review

The Film Stage Michael Frank

Jan 26, 2023

Capturing a portion of that contrast, due to the closeness and interest of its subjects, The Mission moves beyond an optimistic portrait and into murkier territory, making for a more valuable document. If only Anderson went even further and muddied up the glassy waters. Read full review

Dan Fienberg

Jan 26, 2023

It all results in a documentary I found consistently interesting and never revelatory. I learned things, but given the opportunity allegedly presented to the production, not close to as much as I might have wanted to learn. Read full review

Natalia Winkelman

Jan 26, 2023

One hopes that such access would yield new insights into the church. But as the events unspool, the film struggles to crystallize more than a handful of compelling points. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Jan 26, 2023

There’s nothing terribly wrong with Anderson’s documentary — save that after 96 minutes, any viewer could well obliviously walk right past its principal subjects on the street, so fleeting an impression do they make in this surface-level portrait. Read full review

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