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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: Dramas
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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10/18/08
Top CriticJust turn on Univision or Telemundo some night and see the same thing without the highfalutin pretensions.
11/22/02
...it’s junk, but it’s tasty junk — you’re fooling yourself if you think its politics run any deeper than the true yet obvious observation that power corrupts some people.
01/07/03
The movie is eminently watchable but predictable, pulpy and obviously biased.
11/21/02
At two hours, the movie goes on too long and resolves too little -- even though it provides some interesting moments along the way.
11/24/02
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06/10/03
Lavishly, exhilaratingly tasteless.
11/22/02
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11/26/02
Top CriticWhile the issues the film raises are acutely topical, Carrera seems bent on carrying on a crusade rather than creating a realistic drama.
02/16/04
Based on an 1875 Portuguese novel, yet the subject matter -- questioning heterosexual celibacy for priests -- still resonates.
10/20/02
Bernal ... gives an ambiguous performance; he's a lightweight actor, but that's a positive quality when portraying a man on whom nothing leaves a permanent mark.
02/07/03
A melodrama, a film that doesn't say priests are bad but observes that priests are human and some humans are bad.
11/15/02
Top CriticEventually moves and stirs you, even if it often resembles those steamy Mexican TV dramas/soap operas called telenovelas.
11/14/02
Apesar das inúmeras liberdades tomadas com o texto de Eça de Queiroz, o filme funciona maravilhosamente bem com seus personagens tridimensionais e questionamentos sobre a Igreja.
07/25/03
Para analizar esta película, es preciso separar dos criterios, el religioso y el cinematográfico
08/18/02
A muckraking tale of priestly corruption, hypocrisy and illicit love that smothers its reformist protest beneath a sweaty cassock of sexual soap opera and overheated religious symbolism...
03/06/03
An anticlerical indictment that one-ups Moliere's 'Tartuffe.'
11/16/02
Without ever becoming didactic, director Carlos Carrera expertly weaves this novelistic story of entangled interrelationships and complex morality.
11/14/02
Feels shrill, simple and soapy.
11/14/02
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