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70% Critic Match
The Best Two Years
“Every moment counts.”
7.0 / 10• 2004• 1h 52m•PG• English
ComedyDrama
Storyline
Two pairs of Mormon missionaries from America live in a beaten-up apartment in the Dutch city of Haarlem. Their personalities are distinctly different. Elder Johnson is the District Leader and oversees their efforts. His companion, the vain Elder Van Pelt, seeks to become the assistant to the mission president (the top post available) as soon as possible. The capable Elder Rogers has become disillusioned and inattentive to his duties ever since a previous missionary companion returned to America and married Elder Roger's girlfriend. The three meet Elder Roger's new companion, Elder Calhoun, in the train station. This new elder is a nerdy but enthusiastic "greenie" that has just arrived from the Missionary Training Center (MTC) in Utah. Unfortunately, his training did not give him much fluency in the Dutch language. But as luck would have it, the first person he approaches to proselytize is a fellow American named Kyle.
Cast & Crew
K.C. Clyde
Elder John Rogers
Lead
Kirby Heyborne
Elder Hezekiah Calhoun
Cameron Hopkin
Elder Steven Van Pelt
David Nibley
Elder Emmit Johnson
Scott Christopher
Kyle Harrison
Michael Flynn
President Sandburg
Id
Ineke den Hollander
Woman on Train
JA
Jaime Anderson
Elder Van Pelt's Girlfriend
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Scott S. Anderson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Best Two Years is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
