Brigham City

Brigham City
by Richard Dutcher

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Movie Review: I was pretty surprised...
Summary: 5 Stars

Richard Dutcher. Who in the WORLD is Richard Dutcher? Other than writing, producing, acting AND directing this movie, I'd have to say he's a pretty smart fella. Is he in a league with some of the grossly overpaid directors working today? No -- not YET. As others have gone out of their way to state, 'Brigham City' is a Murder/Mystery set in a small Utah town that lives, eats and breathes as a very strong LDS Community (Mormon). Some reviewers, who are obviously anti-Mormon, and have a rather slanted version of ANYTHING done by ANYONE who happens to be a member of this religion have taken the low-road and blasted the movie's inclusion of the LDS faith, almost as an additional character in the story. But for those of us who live in small rural communities, and have an understanding of the LDS beliefs, you realize that a story such as this could NOT be even remotely accurate without the religious additions to the storyline.

With that said, 'Brigham City' is a facinating mystery tale told rather well. Aside from Wilford Brimley, I recognized absolutely NOBODY...and that turned out to be actually a nice plus to the film. A well-meaning Brigham City Sherrif stumbles upon a murder, and after first trying to brush it under the local floor mat to preserve the image that small towns simply do NOT have to deal with tragedies such as this, an additional horrific crime scene is discovered. Before long, the sherrif must come to terms with the frightening realization that a serial murderer is on the loose in this tight knit community. This forces the Sherrif into overdrive mode and he immediately takes action in ways that would cause almost all lawyers in North America to suffer heart attacks, but in small towns such as Brigham, the end result is not whether or not you violated someones rights in order to save a life, it's whether or not you saved a life -- PERIOD. Can't say as I blame them. I'm not too sure I'd be worried about having a search warrant if it meant ending the suffering of someone captured and held with the very real possibility of being murdered. All that aside, (we could debate it for a very long time, I would imagine) this story is genuinely surprising, especially in unmasking who the real culprit is. I admit I had him pegged fairly early on, but I waivered several times as the story unfolded, but that certainly didn't stop my overall enjoyment of seeing the plot unwind.

I am going to be recommending this to all my friends who are fans of murder/mysteries. And once again, for those of you who are stanch anti-Mormon, yes, it'd be a good idea to skip this, but if you can keep your short-sightedness in check for 2 hours, you just might end up learning something about the LDS Church, and enjoy yourself at the same time. Something that I must admit happened to my wife and I as we sat and watched this engrossing tale. In short, I'm glad I said YES when my wife suggested we get this DVD.

Summary of Brigham City