Those unfamiliar with Mormon traditions may find The Singles Ward occasionally bewildering.

It is parochial, accessible to a chosen few, standoffish to everyone else, and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill

Theirs is a simple and heart-warming story, full of mirth that should charm all but the most cynical.

[D]oesn't bother being as cloying or preachy as equivalent evangelical Christian movies -- maybe the filmmakers know that the likely audience will already be among the faithful.