Documentary: Devil's Playground

Devil's Playground (2002)

(this review is an old one that i had at my myspace page a while back)

Rumspringa, ever heard of it? Ever run across the Amish people? Recently there was a massacre at an Amish school. The press just COULDN'T BELIEVE that any Amish elder agreeing to comment simply stated that they FORGAVE the murderer. Wow, how very Christian of them. By watching this movie, I actually now believe that the Amish are the MOST LITERAL Christians out there. I mean, what other christian sect INSISTS that their adolescents "run free" of their church beliefs so they can decide whether they are ready to "walk in the footsteps of Jesus?" Shit, that makes TOO MUCH sense! This is the time of your life when you start to question authority and religion.

Did you know that most Amish teenagers have cell phones? Even alot of Amish Elders do as well. Who knows how to party? THE AMISH DO!!!

This is a great introduction to a very secretive society. EVERY AMISH FOLLOWER has gone through Rumspringa. There's a part in this movie where the director asks the Amish what their best memories were. Watch some of the older ones, whose rumspringa was in the 60s-70s. You can see the smile appear as they remember concerts and experimenting with drugs. The most interesting thing is that after this chance to enter the REAL world, something like 90% still decide to join the church, and shun the modern world for the rest of their natural lives. Speaking of shunning, the Amish really do this!!! You don't even have to leave. You can still live with them, they just IGNORE YOUR ASS!

you've gotta see this shit!

Click on the poster to see the trailer: