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'''''The Errand of Angels''''' is a 2008 American [[LDS cinema]] drama film<ref name="The Errand of Angels">[http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2008/0EROA.php The Errand of Angels] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428034708/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2008/0EROA.php |date=2014-04-28 }}, The Numbers. Accessed September 17, 2009.</ref> directed and produced by [[Christian Vuissa]] who also wrote the screenplay. Starring [[Erin Chambers]], Rachel Emmers and Bettina Schwarz, the film is based on the experiences of Heidi Johnson while working as a [[Missionary (LDS Church)|missionary]] in [[Austria]] for [[
==Plot==
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''The Errand of Angels'' was screened at several locations before its 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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421163428/http://gloriafilmfestival.bside.com/2008/films/errandofangels_gloriafilmfestival2008;jsessionid=EFC78B22F4723659E1256F5A42BB492B |date=2012-04-21 }}, 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 name="The Errand of Angels"/>
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 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"/> The film also received a very positive review in ''BYU Studies Quarterly'' which almost never reviews any films.<ref>
==Soundtrack==
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