SearchChurch Ball29th October 2006 Rent It  THE MOVIEOne of the most admirable things about "Church Ball," Mormon filmmaker Kurt Hales fourth slap-happy contribution, is that you dont have to be Mormon to appreciate the premise. This is a switch from Hales previous films ("The Singles Ward," "The R.M." and "The Home Teachers"), which relied heavily on things so intrinsically Mormon that had any non-Mormons accidentally wandered into the theaters where the films were being shown, theyd have been completely baffled (not to mention curious as to how someones home movies came to be exhibited in a commercial cinema). "Church Ball" is about church basketball leagues, and how the men get so competitive and violent that you start to forget it was devotion to God that brought them together in the first place. I dont know if other faiths have basketball leagues, or if other religions build gymnasiums into all their meetinghouse...Read the entire review This article is courtesy of DVD Talk DVD Reviews Requiem - Trailer | Romeo & Juliet: Seals With a Kiss opens August 18th, 2006 (limited) | Reservoir Dogs 
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