Movies

I was attracted to the movie based on the high ratings. The beginning was interesting enough, but then the pacing slowed down and the storyline wasn't much more than a TV police show type crime mystery. Overall the production quality and acting are what you'd expect from a TV movie. Not really worth it unless you are specifically interested in the Brigham / Mormon angle (which is frankly not much explored anyway).

Having childhoods in the same hometown (Mt. Vernon, IL), Dutcher and I come from completely different worlds as adults. I was impressed with his direction in this film, the tension created and maintained. The characters show a refreshing honesty in looking at where they have been.

Sleepy little Utah town and Mormon enclave Brigham City questions its faith as it loses its innocence to a serial killer. An excellent mutlilayered one-man-band indie, "Brigham City" works well as a whodunit, even better as a human drama, and still better as a provocative examination of issues of faith in the presence of evil. A tad obvious, somewhat sanitized, and not without its plotholes, "BC" should be an entertaining and worthwhile watch for most mature adults into serious-minded drama irrespective of faith. (B)