Two pairs of Mormon missionaries from America live in a beaten-up apartment in the Dutch city of Haarlem. Their personalities are distinctly different. Elder Johnson is the District Leader and oversees their efforts. His companion, the vain Elder Van Pelt, seeks to become the assistant to the mission president (the top post available) as soon as possible. The capable Elder Rogers has become disillusioned and inattentive to his duties ever since a previous missionary companion returned to America and married Elder Roger's girlfriend. The three meet Elder Roger's new companion, Elder Calhoun, in the train station. This new elder is a nerdy but enthusiastic "greenie" that has just arrived from the Missionary Training Center (MTC) in Utah. Unfortunately, his training did not give him much fluency in the Dutch language. But as luck would have it, the first person he approaches to proselytize is a fellow American named Kyle.
Acting
Kirby Heyborne's commitment to full-body awkwardness is genuinely impressive.
Writing
Inside jokes that actually land if you survived missionary culture.
Production
Shot on location in Holland; the bicycles are not props.
Director
Scott S. Anderson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the breakout hit of 'Mormon cinema,' a micro-genre of 2000s films made by and for LDS audiences that briefly rivaled Christian media before streaming fragmented everything.
The 'Dutch' spoken throughout is mostly phonetic gibberish from American actors; actual Dutch viewers reportedly found this either hilarious or unforgivable.
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