An Epic Journey.
Apr 12,2001
Hollywood Movies | Drama | Adventure | Action | Family
John H. Groberg, a middle class kid from Idaho Falls, crosses the Pacific to become a Mormon missionary in the remote and exotic Tongan island kingdom during the 1950's. He leaves behind a loving family and the true love of his life, Jean. Through letters and musings across the miles, John shares his humbling and sometimes hilarious adventures with "the girl back home", and her letters buoy up his spirits in difficult times. John must struggle to overcome language barriers, physical hardship and deep-rooted suspicion to earn the trust and love of the Tongan people he has come to serve. Throughout his adventure-filled three years on the islands, he discovers friends and wisdom in the most unlikely places. John H. Groberg's Tongan odyssey will change his life forever.
| nudity | A girl tries to seduce the main character. She pulls her skirt off (nudity implied by showing her bare legs almost up to her bottom) and slipping her dress from her shoulders (her hair covers her chest). He refuses her advances. Later, he has a rather frank conversation with her mother about how he is saving his "seed" for the girl he is going to marry. Some drug lords show up at the village and take away three girls (presumably to be prostitutes), we see one of the girls being embraced aboard the ship before the film cuts away. One of the villagers references sending his daughter to officials as a bribe. |
| violence | Many jarring and intense scenes of violence with little blood or gore usually involving nature. |
| profanity | None. |
| alcohol | One character is a drunk. The main character tells his converts they can no longer drink since they are believers. |
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