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The Best Two Years (2003)

The Best Two Years poster
Directed by
Scott S. Anderson
Genre
comedy, drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 52m
Rated
PG
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 21 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Four LDS missionaries share an apartment in Haarlem, Netherlands. The film follows their daily interactions and personal struggles while serving their mission.

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What happens

The Best Two Years is a 2003 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Scott S. Anderson. It is based on the stage play The Best Two Years of My Life, also by Anderson. It portrays the experience of four LDS missionaries living in an apartment in the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands. The stage play had one setting, the apartment of the missionaries. The movie expands upon the play's setting, with some filming taking place in the Netherlands, but much of the movie still takes place in the apartment. The writer, Scott Anderson, and producer, Michael Flynn, perceive this movie as a comedy. Others see this movie as a drama. The movie has elements of both. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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