Rotten
Captures a breathtaking exotic landscape cluttered only by the smugness of its characters.
Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune
The Other Side of Heaven
An Epic Journey.
2001 · 1h 53m · PG
Action, Adventure, Drama, Family
Directed by
Mitch Davis
Overview
John H. Groberg, a middle class kid from Idaho Falls, crosses the Pacific to become a Mormon missionary in the remote and exotic Tongan island kingdom during the 1950's. He leaves behind a loving family and the true love of his life, Jean. Through letters and musings across the miles, John shares his humbling and sometimes hilarious adventures with "the girl back home", and her letters buoy up his spirits in difficult times. John must struggle to overcome language barriers, physical hardship and deep-rooted suspicion to earn the trust and love of the Tongan people he has come to serve. Throughout his adventure-filled three years on the islands, he discovers friends and wisdom in the most unlikely places. John H. Groberg's Tongan odyssey will change his life forever.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
30%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Your stomach for Heaven depends largely on your appetite for canned corn.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Rotten
As exciting as all this exoticism might sound to the typical Pax viewer, the rest of us will be lulled into a coma.
Melanie McFarland, Seattle Times
Rotten
Handsome and sincere but slightly awkward in its combination of entertainment and evangelical boosterism.
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
The film's implicit premise is that the faith of the Tonga people is in every way inferior to that of John.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
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