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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Like Father like Son, for soon Amaro is giving the beautiful waitress, Amelia (Ana Claudia Talancón) ... her Catechism lessons in bed .... Full Review |
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While the issues the film raises are acutely topical, Carrera seems bent on carrying on a crusade rather than creating a realistic drama. Full Review |
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5/5 |
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.
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The drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love, lust, and sin couldn't keep my attention. Full Review |
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with material as rich as this, film fans will be forgiven for expecting more. Full Review |
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4/5 |
For all its oddities and deliberate controversy, Padre Amaro is at bottom a very melodramatic soap opera. It's not a bad one, but it's pretty much 99 and 44/100ths pure. Full Review |
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2/4 |
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... Full Review |
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One of the most relentlessly eye-opening dramas of the year. Full Review |
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6/10 |
Like a south-of-the-border Melrose Place. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Nothing more than a mediocre trifle. Full Review |
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3/5 |
For all of the criticisms of the Church in El Crimen del Padre Amaro, Carrera is quick to defend the basic humanity of his characters. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Cut through the layers of soap-opera emotion and you find a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out of the people who want to believe in it the most. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
It's not hard to see why Mexican audiences are lapping this up. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Drama of temptation, salvation and good intentions is a thoughtful examination of faith, love ... and power. Full Review |
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