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05/30/03
The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002)
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Reviews Counted:82
Fresh:51
Rotten:31
Average Rating:6.2/10
Consensus: Though melodramatic, El Crimen del Padre Amaro's critique of the Catholic church is a timely one.
Runtime: 2 hrs
Genre: Foreign Films
US Box Office: $5,433,078
Synopsis: Gael Garcia Bernal (Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN, AMORES PERROS) stars in EL CRIMEN DEL PADRE AMARO, a controversial drama that was a box office smash in its native Mexico. Directed by Carlos Carrera, the... [More]
Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Ana Claudia Talancon, Sancho Gracia, Angelica Aragon
Director: Carlos Carrera
Reviews for The Crime of Padre Amaro
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12/30/06
Top CriticHottie Bernal is solid.
11/15/02
Top CriticIt's not hard to see why Mexican audiences are lapping this up.
02/14/03
Top CriticA lurid but timeless reminder that the bureaucracies and regulations of organized religion have nothing to do -- indeed are often at odds -- with living a God-ward life.
12/10/02
Top CriticWithout ever becoming didactic, director Carlos Carrera expertly weaves this novelistic story of entangled interrelationships and complex morality.
11/14/02
Compulsively watchable, no matter how degraded things get.
11/15/02
A somewhat soapish but nonetheless beautifully acted excoriation of religious piousness and blind allegiance to faith as a socially constructed institution.
11/18/02
I felt sympathetic and disappointment at the same time with these priests... The end of the road is terribly sad, but the journey is never boring.
11/15/02
Works itself into a lather of passion, anguish and tragedy, but there's more to this Mexican movie than straight soap opera.
11/27/02
Top CriticA box-office sensation in its native homeland, El Crimen del Padre Amaro unravels like a quintessential Mexican telenovela.
11/04/02
This is basically high-class melodrama -- Mexican soap opera on a Cadillac budget -- but Bernal is subtly effective as Amaro.
11/22/02
The film has soap-opera elements ... but it is also a serious critique of the Catholic Church and of societal corruption.
11/15/02
It's riveting and on-message, and showcases a new facet of a brilliant actor's burgeoning career.
11/19/02
I admired it, particularly that unexpected downer of an ending.
11/05/02
A vivid portrait of an enthusiastic young priest who sets aside his ideals and devotion in the pursuit of power and sexual satisfaction.
11/14/02
One of the most relentlessly eye-opening dramas of the year.
03/04/03
You may not believe everything you see... But you won't nod off, either.
11/21/02
An anticlerical indictment that one-ups Moliere's 'Tartuffe.'
11/16/02
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