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Line 32: ===Release and box office performance=== ''The Errand of Angels'' was screened at several locations before it's theatrical release, starting on January 1, 2008. This included a screening at the Gloria Film Festival in [[West Valley City, Utah\|West Valley City]], [[Utah]] on July 31, 2008.<ref>[http://gloriafilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/errandofangels_gloriafilmfestival2008;jsessionid=EFC78B22F4723659E1256F5A42BB492B Gloria Film Festival 2008: Errand of Angels], gloriafilmfestival.bside.com. Accessed September 17,2009.</ref> The film was released theatrically on August 22 to a limited number of theatres. Filmed on an estimated budget of [[United States dollar\|US$]]160,000, ''The Errand of Angels'' was in theatrical release until October 10, 2008 during which time it earned $195,184.<ref>[http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2008/0EROA.php The Errand of Angels], [[The Numbers (website)\|The Numbers]]. Accessed September 17, 2009.</ref> Richard Propes of ''The Independent Critic'' called the film an "insightful, touching and funny story" and he commended the director claiming that "Vuissa paints a richly human portrait of Sister Taylor".<ref name="PROPES"/>▼ ==Critical response== Film critic Jeff Vice of the [[Salt Lake City]]-based ''[[Deseret News]]'' awarded ''The Errand of Angels'' two and a half stars in his review of the film. Vice praised the film as being "one of the more earnest and well-intentioned movies in recent memory" while, at the same, faulting it for being "preachy" and "a little talky and a little dry as a result".<ref name="VICE">Vice, Jeff. [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700004957/Errand-of-Angels-The.html Errand of Angels, The], ''[[Deseret News]]'', August 21, 2008. Accessed September 17, 2009.</ref> Vice compared ''The Errand of Angels'' to ''[[The Best Two Years]]'' finding them similar in story and structure although believing that the former would be a better had it contained some of the humor and light-heartedness found in the latter.<ref name="VICE"/> ▲Richard Propes of ''The Independent Critic'' called the film an "insightful, touching and funny story" and he commended the director claiming that "Vuissa paints a richly human portrait of Sister Taylor".<ref name="PROPES"/> ==References==

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