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a blast and a half for members
Unless you're LDS (or know a lot about the church, and I mean a LOT) most of this movie won't appeal to you. You'll probably end up sitting in front of the screen thinking, "what? huh?" very blankly. For those of us who are LDS, you'll most likely love this movie for its quirky jokes and amusing (usually over the top) anticts. Basically it's a bunch of LDS jokes with a plot. An inactive member becomes reinterested due to the new activities director in the singles ward. They have crazy friends and lots of misadventures, but their romance is rather cute and it's fun to watch their relationship develop despite all the road blocks they hit.
Not everyone will like this movie, but I definitely enjoyed it.

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Hackneyed Humor, but Entertaining Nonetheless
I tried hard not to like this film, believing that my sense of humor was too refined to find anything funny in a comedy made specifically for Mormons about the plight of single church members who are trying to find eternal mates. However, despite the stereotypes, some of the older-than-the-hills humor, and the contrived cameo appearances by numerous LDS celebrities (Brother "Niner"? Brother "Angel"?), I couldn't help laughing at many of the farcical situations and characters that the film portrays, in which any long-term LDS church member can find a kernel of truth. Taken as satire, this film succeeds on various levels.

Some of the funniest material is in the outtakes, particularly (a) when Will Swenson pulls out a bottle of "beer" and tells Connie Young, "Brigham, Schmigham! Want to make out?" and (b) when one of the hapless cops (played by Salt Lake City radio personality Jimmy Chunga) tells Connie Young (who is on the wall above him), "Ma'am, move away from the building...do you work out?" The cast obviously had a fun time making the movie, which is reflected in its lighthearted feel.

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you don't have to watch the whole thing
This first half of this movie is hilarious, if you're a Mormon, and especially if you've spent any significant amount of time as a single Mormon adult. It's amateurish and the characters are pretty one-dimensional, but that doesn't stop it from being funny. What does stop it from being funny is when it stops being a romantic comedy and turns into another lame conversion story. The problem is that they get the two leads together and run out of conflict, so they turn it into a seminary video, complete with musical sequence. It would have been much more interesting (not to mention funny) to explore these people's personality differences, Will's fear of commitment, and Cammi's uptight Molly Mormon persona. Unfortunately, they decided to give us a really shallow drama of a "spiritual experience." The only reason to keep watching the film after the lead characters go on their first date together is to catch the rest of the Mormon celebrity cameos, if you're interested in that sort of thing. Oh, and to hear the rest of the soundtrack, which ROCKS!