The Work and the Glory: American Zion

PG-13

2005

1h 40m

History

Drama

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45%

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11 Reviews

80%

Audience Score

2,500+ Ratings

Vigilante violence forces Mormons (Sam Hennings, Brenda Strong) in Missouri to migrate west in 1833.

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Roger Moore

Orlando Sentinel

Unless the filmmakers can heighten the drama (this was filmed and rushed through editing) and ratchet up the emotion, these movies should go straight to video, or a Mormon church near you. They aren't effective outreach, or entertaining drama.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 21, 2005

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Jeff Strickler

Minneapolis Star Tribune

To call this drama heavy-handed would be stating the obvious.

Rated: 2/4

Oct 20, 2005

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Film Threat

Rated: 2.5/5

Feb 28, 2006

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Bruce Bennett

Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

While a minor improvement over its promising but sluggish predecessor, "American Zion" despite its authentic look, feels shallow and hastily edited.

Rated: B-

Nov 13, 2005

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Audrey Rock-Richardson

Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)

Scales back on the fictional characters and focuses on the more interesting historical figures.

Rated: B+

Oct 30, 2005

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Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone

TheMovieChicks.com

The movie looks good, but it has that feeling of a pageant or passion play put on every year during the holidays, just on a bigger scale with more money.

Rated: 2.5/5

Oct 26, 2005

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Audience Member

This is the best of The Work and the Glory trilogy. You'll probably like this movie if you are a religious person. It's very heartfelt and has a good story about redemption. Good movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Audience Member

I liked this one pretty well actually

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Audience Member

Like many "bridge" movies, this one had the least going on of the trilogy and strayed from the book quite a bit. It was "ok"

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

I don't like that Tiffany Dupont wasn't in this movie. What's up with that? Other than that, it definetly had my attention and made me want to jump out of my chair and go rent the third one.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

part two of the work and the glory movie.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

Ooh, much more dark than the first. The characters are more believable in this one and the world their in is also more believable and natural feeling. The ending leaves you hanging. Better than the first one.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Sterling Van Wagenen

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Benjamin Steed

Brenda Strong

Mary Ann Steed

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Emily Podleski

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Synopsis

Vigilante violence forces Mormons (Sam Hennings, Brenda Strong) in Missouri to migrate west in 1833.

Director: Sterling Van Wagenen
Producer: Scott Swofford
Screenwriter: Matt Whitaker
Rating: PG-13
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 4, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.0M
Runtime: 1h 40m

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