I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

This is the true story of Michael Spurlock, a salesman turned Pastor of a small Smyrna Tennessee Episcopal church. It traces what happens after he's been told by the diocese he must close his church due to low attendances. The events that transpire over the difficult months that follow are as unlikely as they are remarkable. Nothing runs smoothly for Michael, his struggling family or his small band of supporters. The hardships they encounter are at times soul destroying but, hardships can also push people to work against impossible odds - in an attempt to turn them into goals that build community bonds. The outcome of this curious story is one that needs to be seen and won't be readily forgotten. What can be achieved by people of different cultures - when their ongoing communal existence is threatened - is powerful indeed. An unusual story of survival against the odds, told with intelligence, quality production values, good performances and a better than average music score.

When a group of Burmese refugees join the congregation, the pastor of a failing Anglican church attempts to aid them by planting crops and enlisting the help of the community. All Saints has some good intentions and a true story but Corbett as a Pastor? and a Cast of new actors who i didn't buy them at all in terms of perfomances make this film a waste of time and a waste of what could have been a good movie. (3/10)

I loved the movie. It was very inspiring, all the more so because apparently it really happened, or most of it did. However, I am an Episcopalian, and I know that some of what was depicted couldn't really happen the way it was presented.A diocese can't balance its budget by the resignation of the bishop and the use of his salary for some other purpose. A diocese has to have a bishop. The definition of a diocese is the jurisdiction of a bishop. If the bishop resigns, there has to be an election of a replacement bishop.Secondly, the Bishop of Tennessee can't appoint a priest in his diocese to a position at St. Thomas, Fifth Avenue, New York. For that matter, neither can the Bishop of New York. St. Thomas is a self-governing parish, and the rector, wardens, and vestry would make that decision. There might have been some conversation between the Bishop of Tennessee and the Bishop of New York which led to a suggestion by the Bishop of New York to the Rector of St. Thomas to consider Fr. Spurlock for a vacant position. But the decision was made at St. Thomas and was not as clear-cut as it was shown in the movie.

Mild spoilers at best, no bombshells. I was somewhat pushed to watching this movie in the theater. We had seen previews of it and a short story on television about the making of the movie and while it seemed to be a little bit interesting, I was more skeptical since so many faith-based movies are full of contrived situations. I was very pleasantly surprised and thanked those who convinced me to go see it. Giving it a 10 because there is no reason not to. The story is well detailed in other viewer reviews and the synopsis. The pace of the film is slow, somewhat predictable but not completely. The slow pace is all right most of the time but there are a few places were I was urging the story to get on with it. Considering the plot, the screen play probably needed some of that padding to fill the time necessary for a theater feature length. The visuals were somewhat repetitive but not much was there to have impressive cinematography. The actors all did a very good and convincing job and the roles were very well cast. Barry Corbin is superb. How he played his role, slowly developing and brutally honest is in our opinion the best in the movie. John Corbett is also very good. Always with a touch of Northern Exposure in each role he plays, this time he was very convincing as a newbie minister in the Episcopal Church. Cara Buono was the most surprising of the these three. She was fresh without any telltale from her previous roles.The ending is surprising and unexpected. Impending doom is suggested suddenly and very quickly. There are a couple of twists at the end which makes it worth while to stick with it to the end. The postlude story which reflects back to those in the true story is great. You know this is one movie that is truly "Base on a true story." Too often that tag stretches the imagination. Not this time.