Missionary (2013)

Katherine is a struggling mother trying to create a better life for her and her son. She meets Elder Brock, a handsome Mormon missionary with a troubled past and they begin an incendiary ... See full summary »

Director:

Anthony DiBlasi

Writers:

Bruce Wood, Scott Poiley

Stars:

Dawn Olivieri, Mitch Ryan, Kip Pardue

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dawn Olivieri	...	Katherine Kingsman
Mitch Ryan	...	Elder Kevin Brock
Kip Pardue	...	Ian Kingsman
J. LaRose	...	Sarge Powell
Connor Christie	...	Kesley Kingsman
Jordan Woods-Robinson	...	Alan Whitehall
Randy Molnar	...	President Anderson
Jesse Malinowski	...	Elder Lillejord
Dushawn Moses	...	Dr. West
Danielle Kimberley	...	April Britton
Mary Lankford Poiley	...	Waitress (as Mary Lankford)
Cynthia Calhoun	...	Woman
Kurt Smildsin	...	Customer
Glenn R. Wilder	...	Gene (as Glenn Wilder)
Gricel Castineira	...	Grace

Storyline

Katherine is a struggling mother trying to create a better life for her and her son. She meets Elder Brock, a handsome Mormon missionary with a troubled past and they begin an incendiary love affair. But when Katherine reunites with her estranged husband, Elder Brock can't accept that things are over - and he will stop at nothing to prove to her that they are meant to be together forever!

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Plot Keywords:

infidelity | cheating wife | love triangle | sex scene | extramarital affair | 

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, sexuality and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 October 2013 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Sanford, Florida, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$2,120, 31 October 2014, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$2,120, 31 October 2014

Company Credits

Production Co:

Poiley Wood Entertainment,Missionary Film Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Decent B cast, decent acting but poor writing

"Missionary" revolves around conflicts that appear beneath seemingly friendly and interesting relationships, only that nothing is what is seems on surface.

I'm usually willing to give latitude to smaller productions that feature a B-level cast, and that was the attitude I had when I saw the movie. The results were mixed.

There is some decent acting on this movie, and when they have good text they can put some above average character performance. The major problem of this film is that writing is very inconsistent. The story oscillates between some good and believable scenes, with others that let you down by their incoherence, lack of continuity or just plain 'straight from cliché handbook'. A couple passages are extremely lame, almost giving the impression two separate writes at odds with each other developed the story.

At the end of the movie, when closing credits come, there is this feeling that the director wasted an overachieving cast (relatively to their league) with bad text.