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| name = The Errand of Angels
| image = The Errand of Angels poster.jpg
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| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Christian Vuissa]]
| producer = Christian Vuissa
| writer = {{ubl|Heidi Johnson (story)
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|[[Erin Chambers]]
| music = Robert Allen Elliott
| cinematography = Brian Wilcox
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| distributor = [[Excel Entertainment Group]]
| released = {{
| runtime = 91 min
| country =
| language = English
| budget = [[United States dollar|US$]]160,000 est
| gross = $195,184
}}
'''''The Errand of Angels''''' is a
==Plot==
Sister Rachel Taylor ([[Erin Chambers]]) of [[Boise, Idaho|Boise]], [[Idaho]] is an eager young [[Missionary (LDS Church)|missionary]] of the [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS Church]] who has been sent on an 18-month
==Reception==
===Release and box office performance===
''The Errand of Angels'' was screened at several locations before
The film was released on [[DVD]] on December 2, 2008 for Region 1.<ref name="MT">Cutchins, Dennis. [http://www.mormontimes.com/arts_entertainment/movies/?id=5261 'The Errand of Angels' DVD review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216090652/http://www.mormontimes.com/arts_entertainment/movies/?id=5261 |date=2008-12-16 }}, MormonTimes.com, December 2, 2008. Accessed September 17, 2009.</ref> It was also shown on [[Brigham Young University]]'s [[BYU Television]] channel on [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving Day]] in 2008.<ref name="MT"/>
===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
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"/> The film also received a very positive review in ''BYU Studies Quarterly'' which almost never reviews any films.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://byustudies.byu.edu/content/errand-angels-directed-christian-vuissa |title=BYU Studies Review |access-date=2017-10-29 |archive-date=2017-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029070536/https://byustudies.byu.edu/content/errand-angels-directed-christian-vuissa |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Soundtrack==
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| released = September 5, 2008
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| length = 43:45
| label = Mirror Films
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''The Errand of Angels Soundtrack'' is the accompanying music album containing original music from the motion picture written and performed by Robert Allen Elliott. It was released on Mirror Films record label on September 5, 2008.
===Track listing===
# "As Sisters in Zion" (featuring Tiffany Fronk) (2:57)
# "Mission to Austria" (2:32)
# "The Rules" (0:58)
# "Goodbye Sonja" (0:52)
# "She's Nice" (1:01)
# "Resistance" (1:19)
# "Answered Prayer" (2:35)
# "Trying It Alone" (2:38)
# "Before the Storm" (2:20)
# "Salzburg" (1:00)
# "A Good Missionary" (4:08)
# "Hypocrite" (2:45)
# "Entrusted to Her Care" (3:29)
# "Back to Vienna" (4:03)
# "Farewell to a Friend" (2:30)
# "Rainy Day" (2:19)
# "Baptism" (3:52)
# "The Errand of Angels" (2:27)
==
* [[Cinema of the United States]]
▲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"/>
* [[List of American films of 2008]]
==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.errandofangelsmovie.com/}}
* {{
* {{rotten-tomatoes|id=errand_of_angels|title=The Errand of Angels}}
* [http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Errand-of-Angels-The Profile of the film in The Numbers]
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[[Category:Films set in Austria]]
[[Category:Mormon cinema]]
[[Category:2000s English-language films]]
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