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The Singles Ward

Play trailer Poster for The Singles Ward PG 2002 1h 41m Romance Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Divorced after one year of marriage, a young Mormon (Will Swenson) falls for a woman (Connie Young) but becomes sour about the church's doctrine.

Critics Reviews

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Moira MacDonald Seattle Times 08/30/2002
2/4
Those unfamiliar with Mormon traditions may find The Singles Ward occasionally bewildering. Go to Full Review
Sean P. Means Salt Lake Tribune 09/26/2002
1/4
It is parochial, accessible to a chosen few, standoffish to everyone else, and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill Go to Full Review
Steve Rhodes Internet Reviews 09/24/2002
3/4
Theirs is a simple and heart-warming story, full of mirth that should charm all but the most cynical. Go to Full Review
Eric D. Snider EricDSnider.com 09/18/2002
C-
Luke Y. Thompson New Times 09/12/2002
[D]oesn't bother being as cloying or preachy as equivalent evangelical Christian movies -- maybe the filmmakers know that the likely audience will already be among the faithful. Go to Full Review
Ron Stringer L.A. Weekly 09/12/2002
It all plays out ... like a high-end John Hughes comedy, a kind of Elder Bueller's Time Out. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Joel H 11/12/2024 As a time capsule of Mormon culture in Provo in the early 2000s, The Singles Ward is fantastic. However, even back when I saw this low-budget comedy as a BYU student shortly after it was released, I knew it has its shortcomings. Some jokes land, many don’t, and even the best actors in this movie are hamming it up a bit. Also, having just watched it recently at a Latter-Day Saint youth activity, I realized most of the references and cameos are completely lost on the younger generation. Nevertheless, I can’t hate on The Singles Ward. I have too many positive associations with this fun, silly movie. See more 08/19/2012 It is right on with a lot of funny things!! See more 08/07/2012 This movie is very funny and too true. See more 03/19/2012 I love this movie its one of my fav. Mormon movies of all time :D See more spencer p @s_plewe 10/10/2010 Not a bad job at all for a first attempt at a comedy LDS movie. It may be apparently packed with cameos that are easy to fly over anyone but Utahns' heads at the time, but it picks out the most usual parts of the way church members date and puts them together in an order that really delivers both realistically and comically. See more 05/10/2010 Halestorm showed a lot of promise with this first movie, an excellent one for those who want to understand the LDS faith and for those who are already members. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Divorced after one year of marriage, a young Mormon (Will Swenson) falls for a woman (Connie Young) but becomes sour about the church's doctrine.
Director
Kurt Hale
Producer
Dave Hunter
Screenwriter
Kurt Hale, John E. Moyer
Distributor
Halestone Distribution
Production Co
Linger Longer, Halestorm Entertainment, LDS Singles Online
Rating
PG
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 30, 2002, Original
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.3M
Runtime
1h 41m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital, Surround