Should you watch Under the Banner of Heaven?
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Under the Banner of Heaven
Series · 2022
A devout detective's faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder that seems to be connected to an esteemed Utah family's spiral into LDS fundamentalism and their distrust in the government.
The sides of Under the Banner of Heaven
- A Mormon detective investigating a murder
- A young mother and her baby killed in 1984 Utah
- A family's turn to fundamentalism
Under the Banner of Heaven is good for you if…
- you want a careful look at the real 1984 killing of Brenda Lafferty and her daughter.
- you like Andrew Garfield as a believer whose faith starts to crack.
- you like an investigation that takes its time with a family's history.
Under the Banner of Heaven is bad for you if…
- you can't watch a story built around the murder of a mother and her baby.
- you lose track of a big family of brothers and flashbacks to the church's early days.
About: faith · doubt · family · fundamentalism
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