The Other Side of Heaven is a 2001 American adventure drama film written and directed by Mitch Davis, based on John H. Groberg's first autobiography, In the Eye of the Storm.

[3] During the 1950s, John Groberg (Gorham) graduates from Brigham Young University and is called on a 3-year mission to Tonga.

Groberg learns from the drunken Tomasi that he had been baptized a member of the LDS Church many years ago as a boy.

When a young woman, at the behest of her family, attempts to seduce Elder Groberg, he responds by teaching her about marriage.

Groberg describes some of the success they have experienced, and the president is shocked to learn of new branches and meeting places on outer islands that have not been authorized.

In the morning, he finds the president is about to board a boat, and gives him a large sheaf of forms documenting all they have accomplished.

[5] Producer Gerald R. Molen is noted for his work on films such as The Color Purple, Schindler's List, and The Lost World: Jurassic Park.

[8] He has since become a common name in Mormon cinema, appearing in other LDS roles with films such as We Love You, Sally Carmichael!

[13] By the end of its run, almost a year later, on December 2, 2002, the film grossed $4,720,371 domestically and $39,643 overseas for a worldwide total of $4,760,014.

The site's consensus states: "The Other Side of Heaven preaches to the converted; others will likely consider it simplistic, even offensive, propaganda.

[15] Professor of literature Terryl Givens noted that the film doesn't mention Groberg's faith or explain why he is serving his mission.

[6] In February 2018, Davis announced that filming was starting for a sequel titled The Other Side of Heaven 2: Fire of Faith.

The story follows John returning to the island with his wife and five daughters during the period of time he served as an LDS Church mission president.