Baptists at Our Barbecue (2004)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Christian Vuissa

Writers:

F. Matthew Smith (writer)
Robert Farrell Smith (novel)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

262 mormons, 262 baptists, heaven help us.

Plot:

"Baptists at Our Barbecue" is the comedic story of the small town of Longwinded, USA, a divided, feuding town of 262 Mormons and 262 Baptists...

Plot Keywords:

Baptist | Feud | Small Town | Mormon | Mormonism

Cast

Steve Anderson	...	Clark Bender (as Steven Wayne Anderson)
Heather Beers	...	Charity
Wayne Brennan	...	Brother Stolt
Katherine Brim	...	TV Reporter (as Katherine Swigert)
Bonnie Burt	...	Sister Hatch
Michael Anthony Christian	...	Orvil
Bernie M. Diamond	...	Fern
Patrick Eugene Donahue	...	Heber
Jake Patrick Evans	...	Little Lehi
Jan Broberg Felt	...	Tartan's Mom
John Foss	...	Howard
Alex Gerrish	...	Alex Hatch
Frank Gerrish	...	Conroy Hatch
Deborah E. Graves	...	Mrs. Holden
Charles Halford	...	Rich Paddlefin
Tony Larimer	...	Pastor Stevens
Ryan A. Lucas	...	Willie
Dan Merkley	...	Tartan Jones
Micaela Nelligan	...	Wynona Wingate
Diane Rane	...	Bronwyn Smith
Oscar Rowland	...	Earl
Rosemberg Salgado	...	Mr. Holden
Duane Stephens	...	Bob
Crystal Stone	...	Loni
Natalie Wesche	...	Woman In Distress
Helen White	...	Sister Theo
Melany Wilkins	...	Sister Lynn
Rhett Willman	...	Ian Smith
Nikky Winther	...	Wendy Hatch (as Nikky Winthers)
Mindy B. Young	...	Sister North

Also Known As:

Eat, Drink, and Get Married (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some thematic elements and mild violence.

Runtime:

USA:92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Delta, Utah, USA

Company:

Blue Crow Productions

Finally, a movie that does what I want: make me feel good and laugh.

"Baptists at Our Barbecue" is the first movie I've seen in a long time that sent me out of the screening feeling great, happy to be alive, with a new love of other people...at least the first movie since "Napoleon Dynamite." This movie is full of overtly Mormon and Baptist characters, and yet it was accessible to everyone I saw it with, despite their wide range of beliefs. The story is about a small town of half Mormons and half Baptists, their bizarre religious feud, and the strange series of events that conspire to change their situation. It's also a love story, between an everyman forest ranger - twenty-nine, and convinced he might always be single - and a beautiful woman who comes to town to recover from a bad break-up. The town's bizarre feud makes things difficult for their relationship to progress, and yet brings them closer, as well, through a series of hilarious, surprising developments, and a sweet, touching ending that made me want to fall in love. It also made me feel grateful for the chance to break from laughing. ...My ribs hurt.