User reviews

This movie is a great film to watch, dont need to be from Utah or Idaho to get something from the film. I love the characters, and a funny take through music on the first book of Nephi.

The cast is well put together, and not forget that they didnt have a big budget, but they put together something worth buying and having in the family home!

I bought all the "Liken the Scriptures" videos for my family. This is the first in the series, I believe. It's great for helping young kids understand scripture stories and how to apply them to their own lives. Several of the songs also are impactful for adults. The final song in Nephi and Laban is one of those songs. It's not profound movie-making, but it's good and wholesome entertainment.

Cute as entertainment for its target audience of Primary kids, but definitely neither deep nor profound. The brass plates story for a Saturday morning cartoon audience. The "cute factor" wears off quickly for adult viewers. Some songs are catchy, but most seem a bit long. The Utah Valley accents and inflections, the costuming and sets and character names in the modern portion outside the BoM narrative ("Spencer Anderson", "Sister Larsen") all betray the Wasatch Front myopia that continues to afflict "Mormon cinema." Maybe that's just savvy marketing to a known target customer base who wants only what's familiar. Maybe it's ignoring potentially wider distribution that could result if the production looked a little less Utah-centric.