The Field Is White (2002 Video) User Reviews

Inspirational LDS film

[mountain91 · 9/10 · 31 August 2003]

This LDS film is one of the best and most inspiring. A returned missionary named John Taylor is struggling with the gospel he once had when he was a missionary. His wife was killed in an automobile accident and John is going through hard times. He reflects on his missionary life with his companion Elder Johnson.

I bought this film at a Missionary Imporium store in the outskirts of town and I thought it was going to be one of those other LDS films, but I felt the spirit so strong when I watched it and listened to the testimonies of the other missionaries. I would recommend this film to any LDS member and especially for young men who are about to serve missions for the LDS church.

Worth seeing

[martincorb · 8/10 · 3 June 2004]

I thought that this was a very good film. I felt that it quite accurately reflected LDS missionary life, better in my opinion than the films 'God's Army' and 'The Best Two Years' do, though they are both excellent films. I believe that this film is good at showing how missionaries interact with each other and their investigators and also captures the highs and lows of missionary life quite well, in a positive yet realistic way.

It is also another good example of a film that has wholesome values at its core, and thus the assurance that it does not contain any nudity or swearing.

My criticisms of the film were that the acting was a bit amateurish (though not unbearably so), and the sound quality was poor. In many instances it sounded as though the voices were dubbed, which I felt let the film down.

Overall, however, I enjoyed this film and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys LDS Missionary themed films.