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  • September Dawn
  • Opened August 24, 2007 | Runtime:1 hr. 50 min.
  • R
    violence
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 15+. Read More
  • The Mountain Meadows Massacre, as it is known, occurred on September 11, 1857, and was the first known act of religious terrorism on U.S. soil. A group of Mormons, many disguised as Paiute Indians slaughtered all but 17 small children on a wagon Read More
  • Cast: Jon Voight, Trent Ford, Tamara Hope, Jon Gries, Taylor Handley
  • Director: Christopher Cain
  • Genres: Drama, Romance

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September Dawn Recent Fan Reviews

  • Hmmm..

    by Daxx99

    This film is going to cause a stir, but for those of you who feel this is your chance to jump on the band wagon and slam the mormons, be careful how much you post as truth. To say the church tries to hide these facts is false. Look on thier own web page. lds.org has a statement talking about... just do your homework a bit more folks....

  • Must Go!

    I actually had the opportunity to see a sneak preview of this film.

    Unlike many of the people submitting reviews here I have actually seen the film and while it is not one most members of the LDS community would watch (because of it's R rating and their closed mindedness when it comes to film) it is still a film I would recommend. Personally I am a member of the LDS church and yes I do watch R rated films because film is something that I am passionate about. The claims by all of these people who have not seen it, that claim it to be propaganda, I don't really agree, but it also doesn't paint the best picture of the people involved. In the end it is a film that is largely fictional but uses some historical fact to tell the story. It is not any more of a documentary than the LDS Church Produced Legacy. I will say people in the LDS community do need to lighten up. All the crap you spout off in defense of our faith does nothing more than make people think we are a bunch of brainwashed cultists and unintelligent fanatics which only hurts our image more

  • Oh No!

    Roger Ebert gives it zero stars...

    Roger Ebert gave this zero stars -- zero out of four! Here are a few of his quotes. He almost makes me want to see it just to see how awful a movie can truly be: "What a strange, confused, unpleasant movie this is....If there is a concealed blessing, it is that the film is so bad. Jon Voight, that gifted and versatile actor, is here given the most ludicrous and unplayable role of his career, and a goofy beard to boot. Stamp, as Brigham Young, comes across as the kind of man you'd find at the back of a cave in a Cormac McCarthy novel. The Christians are so scrubbed and sunny, they could have been teleported in time from the Lawrence Welk program.....I am trying as hard as I can to imagine the audience for this movie. Every time I make any progress, it scares me."

September Dawn Critic Reviews

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  • 50
    Boston Globe | Ty Burr

    The movie isn't THAT bad -- it's just made-for-TV historical treacle that has...

  • 50
    The Hollywood Reporter | Luke Sader

    Cain has crafted a modest picture, filmed in Canada, that too often feels like...

  • 50
    Los Angeles Times |

    A rare case in which one can't help but wish the film were somehow worse than...

  • 40
    Variety | Justin Chang

    The didactic presentation, grim speechifying and tacked-on love story all...

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