Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 82
Fresh: 51 | Rotten: 31
Though melodramatic, El Crimen del Padre Amaro's critique of the Catholic church is a timely one.
Average Rating: 6.3/10
Critic Reviews: 29
Fresh: 19 | Rotten: 10
Though melodramatic, El Crimen del Padre Amaro's critique of the Catholic church is a timely one.
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A priest discovers the path of virtue can be steep, and temptation can demand a heavy price, in this controversial drama from Mexico. Father Amaro (Gael Garcia Bernal) is a young Catholic priest whose mentor, the Bishop (Ernesto Gomez Cruz), expects great things from him. However, like all priests, Amaro must first be assigned where he is needed most, which leads him to the small rural community of Los Reyes, where Amaro is to assist Father Benito (Sancho Gracia). To his shock, Amaro discovers
Nov 15, 2002 Limited
Apr 1, 2003
$5.4M
Samuel Goldwyn Films
All Critics (92) | Top Critics (30) | Fresh (51) | Rotten (32) | DVD (13)
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.
It's not hard to see why Mexican audiences are lapping this up.
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.
Nothing more than a stifling morality tale dressed up in peekaboo clothing.
The director Carlos Carrera, who is acceptably talented, keeps the story on track -- on its various tracks.
Lurid drama that goes to ridiculously great lengths to draw its sad and tawdry picture.
Like Father like Son, for soon Amaro is giving the beautiful waitress, Amelia (Ana Claudia Talancón) ... her Catechism lessons in bed ....
While the issues the film raises are acutely topical, Carrera seems bent on carrying on a crusade rather than creating a realistic drama.
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.
The drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love, lust, and sin couldn't keep my attention.
with material as rich as this, film fans will be forgiven for expecting more.
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.
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...
One of the most relentlessly eye-opening dramas of the year.
Like a south-of-the-border Melrose Place.
Really good movie. Gael Garcia Bernal is a top of the line actor. This is a well made, well written, and well done film.
October 12, 2010Super Reviewer
One of the most controversial films ever made
December 28, 2009
Super Reviewer
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