The Best Two Years (2003)

Director:

Scott S. Anderson

Writer:

Scott S. Anderson (writer)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Every moment counts.

Plot:

Two pairs of Mormon missionaries from America live in a beaten-up apartment in the Dutch city of Haarlem...

Plot Keywords:

Missionary | Mormon | Gospel | Lds Film | Mormonism

Cast

  (Credited cast)

K.C. Clyde	...	Elder John Rogers (as KC Clyde)
Kirby Heyborne	...	Elder Hezekiah Calhoun
Cameron Hopkin	...	Elder Steven Van Pelt
David Nibley	...	Elder Emmit Johnson
Scott Christopher	...	Kyle Harrison
Michael Flynn	...	President Sandburg
Ineke den Hollander	...	Woman on Train
Jaime Anderson	...	Elder Van Pelt's Girlfriend
Andrea Anderson	...	Elder Van Pelt's Girlfriend
Alice Lonsdale	...	Elder Van Pelt's Girlfriend

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic elements.

Runtime:

USA:112 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Alpine, Utah, USA

Company:

Halestorm Entertainment

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Many of Elder Van Pelt's grammatical corrections are incorrect.

Quotes:

Elder Steven Van Pelt: Get lost?
Elder John Rogers: How'd you mean that? As in, did I? Or you'd like me to?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in It's Latter-Day Night! Live Comedy (2003) (V)

Soundtrack:

Don't You Know

Top Quality - Excellent Film

The string of LDS comedy films that have arrived on the scene during the last couple of years have been fun and have always carried some sort of a positive message even if it takes a little work to figure it out. The film the Best Two Years achieves everything these other movies did and then quite successfully keeps on going. Certainly this film is best described as being on par with God's Army and is probably the only other movie besides Charly that can make this claim. The movie is beautifully shot, well scripted, well acted, quite funny and just the right length. The movie did not draw me to tears as God's Army or Charly did the first time I saw those movies, however that doesn't make this movie anything less. This is an LDS movie for an LDS audience, so don't be surprised if non-members friends/acquaintances don't take well to the movie. It is an excellent family film and would be particularly good to make sure that your LDS teens get a chance to see this one, whether they are thinking about a mission or not.