YMMV / God's Army

• And You Thought It Would Fail: Dutcher kept getting a It Will Never Catch On response before and during production. In fact, there were very few, if any, financing from LDS members and one of the first backers was a Christian Scientist. He proved them wrong.
• Awesome Music:
  • "Best of Me", "Seven Wonders", and Look to the Heavens by Greg Simpson.
  • While not used in the film, the (out of print) soundtrack features the haunting "Restless Soul" by Cherie Call.
• Critical Dissonance: Got mixed reviews upon release, but audiences reacted more favorably.
• Genre Turning Point: The movie kick-started a genre of films which trying to accurately depict Mormon culture and religious practices.
• Harsher in Hindsight:
  • Kinegar's loss of faith is met with hostility from Dalton. Dutcher himself would lose his Mormon faith around 2007 in a manner similar to Kinegar, though fortunately less bitter.
  • In the DVD Commentary, Dutcher is highly optimistic about future LDS filmmakers in the new genre, though he hopes "they don't pee in the pool". In his eyes, that's exactly what happened.
• Tear Jerker:
  • Kinegar's confession to Allen is very heartbreaking. It also hits home for those that have suffered a crisis of faith once in their life.
    Kinegar: Damn them if it isn't true. Damn them to hell.
  • Allen's backstory that his father, the very person that brought Mormonism into his life, turned out to be a child molester is also pretty sad. Made worse when you learn that this is the real-life backstory for Dutcher.