In the front row pew, a young boy named Gabriel sits as his father and a preacher tell him: 'There are certain people who are chosen by God for some special purposes of His own. And we believe you are such a one.' Thus unfolds the destiny of Gabriel in Brian Kirk's riveting Middletown. After almost an entire lifetime spent in religious instruction, Gabriel returns to his small Irish town as the new preacher. But the town is full of drinking and gambling, and Gabriel's younger brother Jim and ...[Read Story ]