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Reviews of and news articles about
Richard Dutcher's film

God's Army (2000)
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Review Roundup

Numerical average of these graded scores: 61.8 (out of 100)
  Average score is 2.5 stars out of 4, or a "C+"

RottenTomatoes.com freshness score: 56%
  9 reviews counted: 5 positive; 4 negative

[In the table below, the column labeled "RT.c" shows a plus or minus sign, indicating whether the RottenTomatoes.com website rated the review mainly positive (+) or negative (-). Reviews with nothing in the "RT.c" column (that is, they have no plus or minus by them, were not catalogued by the RottenTomatoes.com website, and are not included in the RottenTomatoes.com score.]

SourceReview AuthorRT.cGradeGrade
as #
Nitrate Online Gregory Avery + 9/10 90
Medvidia Michael Medved 3 1/2 stars (out of 4) 88
Las Vegas Weekly Mel Parkinson B+ 84
Utah County Daily Herald (Land of Eric) Eric D. Snider + B+ 84
Steve Rhodes' Internet Reviews Steve Rhodes + 8/10 80
Boxoffice Magazine (DVD review) Wade Major 4/5 78
Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah) Audrey Rock-Richardson + 4/5 78
Wichita Eagle / Knight Ridder News Service Bob Curtright 3/4 75
Memphis Commercial Appeal John Beifuss 3/4 75
San Antonio Prime Time Newspapers Bob Polunksy 3/4 75
Deseret News Jeff Vice 3 stars (out of 4) 75
TempleSquare.com Chris 3/4 75
Grading The Movies Rod Gustafson + B 75
Ogden Standard-Examiner Steve Salles 2 1/2 stars (out of 4) 63
rec.arts.movies.reviews E. Benjamin Kelsey - 2 1/2 stars (out of 4) 63
Salt Lake Tribune Sean P. Means 2 1/2 stars (out of 4) 63
Entertainment Weekly
Vol. 1, Iss. 570, 24 Nov. 2000, pg. 55
Scott Brown C+ 59
Baseline.Hollywood.com Ted Murphy 3 stars (out of 5) 56
eye WEEKLY Jason Anderson 2 stars (out of 4) 50
Movie Parables Michael Elliott - 2/4 50
Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov - 1 1/2 stars (out of 4) 38
Seattle Times John Hartl 1 1/2 stars (out of 4) 38
Winston-Salem Journal Mark Burger 1 1/2 stars (out of 4) 38
Boston Herald Paul Sherman - 1.5/4 38
Haro-Online Mongoose Not That Good 33
Snack Bar Adam J. Hakari - 1/4 25
New York Times Lawrence Van Gelder - 1.5/5 23



The following reviews did not include a "grade," but they were given a "fresh" or "rotten" rating (+ or -) by RottenTomatoes.com:

SourceReview AuthorRT.c
Spirituality and Health Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat +



The following reviews did not have a number or letter rating, nor were they catalogued by the RottenTomatoes.com website:
SourceReviewerpos/neg
New York Press Matt Zoller Seitz positive
Salt Lake Tribune Robert Kirby positive
Meridian Magazine Jonathan Walker positive
BeliefNet.com Eugene England positive
The Daily Universe (BYU) Brinton Wilkins positive
Nauvoo.com Geoffrey Card positive
NetXNews (Utah Valley Community College) Scott Champion positive
MoviePicks.org Glen C. Griffin and Matt Lemmon positive
L.A. Weekly Ron Stringer positive
Los Angeles Times/N.Y. Times News Service Kathleen Craughwell positive
About.com LDS Forum Melanie Griffith positive
Arizona Daily Star Gene Armstrong positive
Calgary Sun/Jam! Showbiz Lisa Wilton positive
Kansas City Star Robert W. Butler positive
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Philip Martin positive
Houston Chronicle positive
Anchorage Press Brenda Sokolowski positive
Boxoffice Magazine/Entertainment Today Wade Major positive
Variety Scott Foundas mixed
Wasatch County Courier Kerry Ellen Pate negative
Philadelphia City Paper Sam Adams negative
Varsity Review (University of Toronto) Kori Golding negative
Las Vegas City Life Anthony Del Valle "bomb"
Phoenix New Times M. V. Moorhead
Village Voice Michael Atkinson
Denver Rocky Mountain News Robert Denerstein
Dallas Morning News Philip Wuntch
San Antonio Express-News Larry Ratliff
Orlando Sentinel Roger Moore
The Edmonton Journal David Staples
The Edmonton Journal Marc Horton
iFilmpro.com Jeffrey Hirsch

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