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THE SARATOV APPROACH REVIEW (GRADE: A-)

I remember well when, in 1998, news broke nationwide that two American missionaries had been kidnapped in Russia. Death was to be the penalty if their ransom was not paid. It hit my family and community hard: we lived in Mesa, Arizona, just one city over from Gilbert (where one of the abducted elders was from). I was seventeen and preparing for my own mission at the time, so of course my mom was terrified. The Saratov Approach, the new film by director Garrett Batty, chronicles this harrowing true story with the appropriate intensity and a surprising amount of poignancy. Though it's gritty and modestly-budgeted, it's well-made, well-acted, and ultimately very uplifting. What's more, it impressively balances telling a story about Latter-day Saints while being a film for audiences of all faiths.
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