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An aggressive civil war has escalated, threatening many lives, including a group of native Liberian missionaries and their leader. With the help of local church leader Phillip Abubakar, the missionaries make the difficult journey, only to have their troubles compounded by a rebel fighter bent on killing one of their own. Now they must be willing to give up all that they have, to make a desperate cross-country trip, with little chance of survival, in order to protect one of their own.

Genre:

Action, Drama, Thriller

Actors:

Henry Adofo, Michael Attram, Alphonse Menyo, Phillip Adekunle Michael, Clement Amegayie, Bright Dodoo, Great Ejiro, Nuong Faalong, Bill Myers, Godwin Namboh, Stacy Afful, ...»

Director:

Garrett Batty

Country:

United States

Release:

2015

IMDb:

4.7

Quality:

Duration:

113 min

Tribune News Service

A dawdling, flat account of African missionaries on the run from rebels that takes forever to get going and even longer to arrive.

April 06, 2015

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National Newspaper Publishers Association

The film, based on true events, feels dramatic and thrilling at moments. Other times, its heavy-handed proselytizing mars the proceedings.

March 07, 2017

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Salt Lake Tribune

Through the adventure, both powerful and funny, Batty and co-screenwriter Melissa Leilani Larson also create a deeply moving depiction of day-to-day missionary work.

April 09, 2015

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Salt Lake City Weekly

It's a satisfying surprise indeed to find a "Mormon movie" willing to confront the church's legacy of racism head-on.

April 10, 2015

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Film Journal International

Draggy and one-note, [Freetown is] an indie more interested in reaffirming Mormon dogma than in delivering compelling drama.

April 09, 2015

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Austin Chronicle

Cinematographer Jeremy Prusso catches some stunning imagery, Robert Allen Elliott's score is genuinely stirring, and the cast, most of whom are from Monrovia, is uniformly excellent.

April 09, 2015

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Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

A compelling story with fascinating characters, undone by a script that does the opposite of what its real-life Liberian missionaries would do: it doesn't take any chances.

April 28, 2015

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Hollywood Reporter

Although suffused with welcome touches of sly humor, the proceedings never gather the necessary dramatic momentum.

May 30, 2015

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Deseret News, Salt Lake City

In total, Freetown delivers a powerful message despite limited means, and marks another success for an emerging filmmaker.

November 05, 2015

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Sacramento News & Review

The inexperienced cast is earnest but wooden, easily upstaged by the stark beauty of the Ghanaian countryside where the movie was filmed.

May 30, 2015