People are voting emotionally.

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

Yuk! This is pure schlock!An LDS soap opera, Little House on the Finger Lakes. It would appeal to love-struck teenage girls because of the treacly romantic story, but there is nothing of good value to people with an interest in learning more about the historical base of the beliefs of LDS members! Pretty pictures (not all that good either) do NOT make good cinematography. I wanted to learn, got crap. It is not educational, as I sincerely hoped it might be.The person previously reviewing it might be an LDS church member, or possibly very young. I have no problem with either, but I believe this saccharine film was made as a form of propaganda. It is obvious where the viewer is expected to go. I say, NO, NO NoZelda

Read about 6 reviews here about viewers' responses to this flick T W & T G which were highly laudatory. I very much did appreciate the cinematography and the amount of detail put into making this historically accurate. But the story was weak. The acting for the most part was painful to watch and the people who were supposed to be the founding members of the M church were so nice and polite and industrious that they weren't believable.In watching the scenes, particularly those with Nathan Steed, I felt embarrassed. I felt so embarrassed because of how sanitized the scenes seemed and how awkward his character was even though he was supposed to be so sensitive and loyal and nonjudgmental. The scenes reminded me of another young man who struggles with social and family situations, namely Napoleon Dynamite! But I knew it was okay to laugh out loud at his missteps. Napoleon was a comedy.A matter that was glossed over, I felt, was that in this period of American development quite a few men "found" amazing historical "finds" that today have mostly been proved to be fabrications. There is a petrified man, a giant, who was found during this same period on display in Cooperstown, NY. This crude statue that was supposedly dug up in NY has now been judged as a crude attempt at at creating an antiquity. I believe Mark Twain writes about a similar "discovery."

Like other commentators, I am biased. I have not read the books, but I am LDS and I was on the set for a couple of days when it was filmed last spring. This is only the third non-LDS sponsored film with LDS backgrounds,(Brigham Young, The Other Side of Heaven) that I have felt was done with compassion and without undo bias on either side of the issue. While melodramatic, I felt it fit the time and the subject of the story. I also felt that the actors were well chosen for their parts and that the scenery of east Tennessee lent itself well to the setting of the story, (which was supposed to be New England area). The score was wonderful, the addition of the peripheral sound was just the right touch. In short, I was impressed and hope that a sequel is made. I would recommend this to anyone. No language, no sex, nothing to be afraid to take the older kiddies. (The historical backgrounds might be a bit difficult to explain to very young children.)

The movie was as great as the the book it was based upon. I sincerely hope they make the rest of the series into movies as well.The Work and the Glory has beautifully captured the hopes, fears, and prejudices of that era, and woven them into a fictional account as only Gerald Lund can do.The entire cast was wonderful, and they couldn't have picked a better actor to play Joseph.Emotions run high in this film, and you'll find yourself laughing, crying, and wanting to shout for joy.If you are looking for a great movie with good family values, this one is certainly worth seeing.