The R.M.

2003 "Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the world..."
The R.M.
6| 1h41m| PG| en| More Info
Released: 31 January 2003 Released
Producted By: Halestorm Entertainment
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Jared Phelps (Kirby Heyborne) has completed two years of full-time missionary service for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His mission president has promised him that he will be blessed for his service, and he thinks he has it all worked out. His girlfriend has waited for him. His boss promised that he could have his old job back, and he has already sent his application to BYU. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong. His girlfriend dumps him. His loses his job, and he isn't accepted to BYU. Then, it gets even worse, and he has to decide if choosing the right is worth all the trouble.

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Tim Rollins UPDATED REVIEW: Kurt Hale, WHAT HAPPENED, BUDDY?? You follow up The Singles Ward with this?!? The Singles Ward had me laughing myself silly almost as much as Airplane did back in 1980, yet this piece of crap had me putting to the test the words "hope to be able endure all things." I was able to endure this sorry piece of cinematic garbage to the end only because I wasn't going to give you the satisfaction of walking away...THE ONLY REASON THIS FILM HAS ONE STAR LISTED IS BECAUSE IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO GIVE IT EITHER ZERO STARS OR A NEGATIVE FIGURE, SO CONSIDER THAT CAREFULLY WHEN READING THIS REVIEW...This piece of garbage is by far the worst film I have ever seen in showing an inaccurate depiction of the life of a returned missionary! Kurt Hale did a GREAT job with The Singles Ward, but with this turkey, the flaws were so numerous and script holes so large, you could have parked, or even driven a Boeing 747 through.Unlike Hale's first film The Singles Ward where the laughs were fast and furious because they came easily and naturally, with The R.M., the laughs had to be forcibly pried with a crowbar. It demonstrated what had to be undoubtedly the most pathetic family in the history of the Church! The fact Hale recycled some of the same actors from The Singles Ward didn't help his cause much either. If my first impression of the Church had come from seeing The R.M., I wouldn't want a second impression. This film had a total lack of respect that crossed the border and went straight to blasphemous! Not to mention the two-minute on-air plug for Utah Weddings.com! YUCK! BARF-O-RAMA!! Get my drift?!? At least we know who helped bankroll the film, don't we???First of all, Jared's parents were so busy increasing their family that they sent him on his mission and promptly forgot about him! They move to another house and don't tell him, get pregnant with yet another child and don't tell him at all, which tells me neither they, nor anyone in his ward (INCLUDING HIS BISHOP) were writing him. They adopt a foreign exchange student Jared wasn't aware of, which again supports the idea he probably didn't hear from them his entire mission.Jared comes home to find out Mom and Dad moved, nobody was at the airport to pick him up, and when he DOES find the right house, he finds his girlfriend has dumped him, his parents sold his car, and then to add salt in the wound, everyone from his parents to the now ex-girlfriend to his BISHOP thinks he got sent home dishonorably, which indicated they were totally clueless as to his release date, which simply does not happen. There were ways to be humorous about this, and if Kurt Hale were looking for ways to be UNFUNNY about this, then he batted 1.000 in this film.Meanwhile, Dysfunctional Mom and Dad are off drawing circles on the board - can you say multi-level-marketing scam? - with fellow ward members in what only goes to further cement Utah's reputation as the nation's test-market for scams. A classic case of the 'greed gland' being stuck, Jared's parents - like so many others - equate wealth with spirituality and/or righteousness, which is CLEARLY not always the case.The most bothersome scene was the one where Jared gets arrested and nobody around him - including his own family or local church leaders - believes in his innocence, except his new girlfriend, who happens to be out of town with her father on church business. The fact that Jared's stake president released him before hearing any evidence shows him as one more interested in appearance than giving a good man the benefit of the doubt - again, a pathetic attempt to be funny that only shows a church leader in a negative light, when most leaders in that situation would have had one like Jared keep a low profile and just wait until the dust settled. All this does is further add to the complete implausibility of this totally useless film.Perhaps the ONLY amusing scene in this insipid flick was the doofus prosecutor that looked like a he/she - kind of a cross between Boy George and Michael Jackson - who was made fun of by the little kids at the end of the film. Had I been in the courtroom, I'd have made fun of him too.On a scale of one to ten, I give this turkey a MINUS TEN -10/10. ***
SW_and_TPB_fan I liked this movie, with all the inside jokes, but Single's Ward rolled smoother. All in all I liked this movie though. My family still brings up parts and can't wait for it to come on video. We have almost worn out our Single's Ward tape and will most likely do the same to the RM.
Cartman2001 This film definitely is better than "The Single Ward", but that's not saying much considering. Don't get me wrong, the actors in this film certainly did a phenomenal job acting given that an actor is only as good as his script and director. Halfway through I decided that this film wasn't horrible because it didn't cause any pain, but that was before the courtroom scene. Yes, all the actors seem to portray the same character that they did in "Singles Ward." That's fine since this is only the filmmakers second film. At the current rate of improvement, these filmmakers will have a film that will be sure to have everyone laughing before the second coming. All-in-all, this film is a must-see for any fan of LDS film, but it certainly wouldn't have as wide appeal as "Brigham City" did.
[email protected] Here in Utah we like to think (sometimes justifiably) that ours are the best - the best sports teams, the best schools, the best snow on earth, and (for some) the best religion. If this movie is any indication of how things really are, I am ashamed to be involved with any organization that makes a movie this bad, then advertises it as if it were worth the 7.00 (and if time is money, the hour and a half too). The two essential elements of any story being plot and character development - well, RM simply missed the boat. Hale makes life as a saint look like Mayberry; and while for some that may be well and good, for others it's kind of like making salsa without the spices.