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The film introduce Lonnie Frisbee into the story faithfully to the history but the film itself took away from the actual story of Lonnie and Chuck Smith to be primarily about Greg Laurie and how great he is and the promises for him. Lonnie and Chuck are more interesting characters and the conflict between following God and pastoral work where you are judged and might be afraid to do what God wants. Greg has disrespected Lonnie for years by refusing to use his name when he mentioned him and after seeing this it feels he used Lonnie for a cash grab and ego boost.

The show itself is one of the few clean shows for kids to watch. The only issue with the show is the bad life lessons and morals it teaches kids. Often it teaches for people to follow their feelings rather than what is true or wise. The fish don't have parental figures that someone could look up to or provide good advice. I'm not asking for the show to be educational only for a show that doesn't guide children in the wrong direction. There are other pbs shows for children that are better options such as Wild Kratts or Dinosaur Train. I'll check out other shows when I get the chance. Thanks for reading.

In the film the martyrdom scene isn't too specific but because this film strives for historically accuracy I will critic it for it more harshly. They showed Joseph bolting out of the window in Carthage Jail and breaking the window. Eye witness testimony stated he crawled out of that small window with one leg, one arm, and his head out of the window before a great force flinging him out of the window as like a leap or push. Newspapers from that time also describe that the window section that lifts up was still present and was not knocked out by Joseph going out of the window. They don't address enough the placement of Hyrum in the room as he died with his back turned to the door facing the window as his head was 1 foot away from the north east corner of the room and blood splatter on his clothing suggest he died on his stomach. They don't address Willard Richards being behind Joseph when at the window and the mob not shooting Richards while he was in plain line of sight.