So anyway, I think overall this production was well thought out and I can tell that Helen is a brave and caring woman. The documentary might even help open doors for our missionaries to answer questions, because so much of the doctrine was only touched upon or left out all together. That, or they'll get shot at more. Tell Helen thanks for me. Watching it was like eating at a restaurant and really liking the steak and the dessert but not really caring much for the green beans and potatoes served along side it. — Mrs. J. Keyser

Some of The Mormons was good. I actually felt the Spirit two times. But most of it I could not enjoy and felt, again, we are presented to the world as something we are not.

The music was eerie (like inner sanctum?) and not spiritual and beautiful. The picture that represented an angel was black with hair sticking straight out.....more like the devil. If the world wants to know more about Mormonism, why don't they ask a Mormon? not a non-Mormon!! Those who want to write about our church should study it, attend our meetings, listen to the missionaries, get a feel for it, then write. This may be a good time for the church to put out its own wonderful version, now the world is more inquisitive. We could include the heads of nations thanking our church for the service we render. This would be a good time to show The Testaments nationally, on TV. It would show the world we believe in the one and only true Christ. When my husband and I were on our mission, the Baptist Church put out a pamphlet saying, "The Mormon Christ is not the REAL Christ" and they had fire in his eyes and all around his head. It was awful! We were counseled by our leaders to ignore it, to be kind and to teach the truth. But if most churches believe this, our film would be wonderful to air. — no name

While it may be accurate to say that "both sides" of Mormon history, doctrine and experience were presented, I would certainly not say that it was properly balanced. A disproportionate amount of time was given to apostates and detractors and to topics that while sensational (e.g. Mountain Meadows and polygamy) do not fairly represent what it means in people's lives to be a Mormon. In my long experience in the church it has been my observation that members with wonderful positive experiences (e.g. in temple worship and as women) vastly outnumber those with negative things to say. All too often allegations by detractors, such as those accusing Brigham Young of complicity in the Mountain Meadows massacre, were not sufficiently countered by those with an educated but opposing view. It is fair to say, however, that there was a soft side to the show and we may have to be satisfied with the fact that it could have been worse. — Mark Worthington, Woodbridge, Virginia