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Twist of Faith (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 21

Fresh: 21

Rotten:0

Average Rating: 8.2/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 87 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Theatrical Release:Jul 1, 2005 Limited

Synopsis: Veteran documentary filmmaker Kirby Dick (DERRIDA) provides a focused look at child molestation perpetrated by Catholic priests and the associated cover-up by the church hierarchy in TWIST OF... Veteran documentary filmmaker Kirby Dick (DERRIDA) provides a focused look at child molestation perpetrated by Catholic priests and the associated cover-up by the church hierarchy in TWIST OF FAITH. Telling a true story, Toledo firefighter Tony Comes is the film's movingly blunt subject. At age 14, a priest and religion teacher in his school began to abuse him, as well as a host of other boys. Tony admitted the abuse to his family, but chose to move on with his life--until years later when he moved to a new neighborhood and discovered his abuser living only five houses away. Unleashing his buried rage, Tony sues both the former priest and the church. The guilt, hatred, and desire for revenge tear Tony apart. He questions his relationship with the church and its ideals, which had always provided the moral basis of his life. He has problems relating to his family and friends--arguing with lifelong friends over the church's role in his abuse, arguing with his mother over her response to his lawsuit, and arguing with his wife over his anger and depressive withdrawal from life. The most intimate moments in this sensitive film are highlighted through a technique where subjects are given their own cameras to record their feelings and stories in testimonials. In one particularly moving self-filmed scene, Tony and his wife explain the gravity of the situation to their young daughter--the details of which clearly make the family uncomfortable, and which has the same effect on the viewer. Through Tony, and his unflinching willingness to share both the graphic details of his experience and his rawest of emotions, Dick effectively captures the pain and anguish felt by all survivors of child molestation. [More]

Director: Kirby Dick

Director: Kirby Dick
Producer: Eddie Schmidt
Studio: Artistic License

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Jan 3, 2006

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  • Twist of Faith
  • From acclaimed director Kirby Dick (HBO's Showgirls: Glitz & Angst, Cinemax's Chain Camera and The End), this Academy Award-nominated and Sundance-selected feature documentary tells the deeply personal story of a man who confronts the trauma of past sexual abuse by a local priest, only to find his decision shatters his relationships with his family, community and faith.
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    09/23/06
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
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    12/06/05
    Film Threat

    Now 34, Tony opens his soul-searching, his home, his private moments with family & children so that the world can see the consequences of those that prey from the pulpit.

    Full Review Source: Hollywood Report Card | comment Comment
    12/05/05
    Ross Anthony
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    09/26/05
    AV Club

    Dick's film puts a human face on a churchwide scandal that sometimes seems too big to comprehend.

    Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
    08/19/05
    Moira MacDonald
    Seattle Times

    A remarkable portrait of a courageous man's efforts to put his life back together.

    Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
    07/23/05
    Timothy Knight
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    It's a demanding film but one filled with important truths about humanity in all its denominations.

    Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
    07/21/05
    Shawn Hubler
    Los Angeles Times
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    The pain and the contradictions and the ironies are manifold, and Dick...does justice to all.

    Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
    07/21/05
    Ron Stringer
    L.A. Weekly

    The film is difficult to watch but illuminating as a piece of hard, spare journalism.

    Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
    07/06/05
    Phil Villarreal
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    07/05/05
    Betty Jo Tucker
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    There are scenes in this movie that moved me to tears, it is impossible not to be taken in by Tony's plight.

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    07/05/05
    Jonathan W. Hickman
    Entertainment Insiders

    Like so many true stories, Comes' lacks the clarity and comforting resolution of fiction; it's a morass of accusations and denials that taints and poisons everyone involved.

    Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
    07/01/05
    Ken Fox
    TV Guide's Movie Guide

    Kirby Dick's damning, Oscar- nominated documentary, Twist of Fate, puts a face on the clerical sex scandals rocking the Roman Catholic Church.

    Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
    07/01/05
    Lou Lumenick
    New York Post
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    Abuses of power are all the more shocking when the betrayers are expected to be figures of moral integrity.

    Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
    06/30/05
    Colin Covert
    Minneapolis Star Tribune
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    The child-abuse scandals that rocked the Catholic Church are brought to painfully intimate terms in this engrossing, unnerving documentary.

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    06/30/05
    Gene Seymour
    Newsday
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    Kirby Dick (Derrida) shapes the movie in such a way as to leave everyone flummoxed.

    Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
    06/28/05
    Ben Kenigsberg
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    makes a convincing case that suffering in silence would have been much worse

    Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
    06/23/05
    Mark Athitakis
    Filmcritic.com

    A powerful and damning look at the long-term impact of sexual abuse, as well as the less-than-exemplary response of Catholic Church officials to allegations of priestly molestation.

    Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
    04/02/05
    Dennis Harvey
    Variety
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    This is heartbreaking stuff, sensitively captured by an insightful and brilliant documentarian.

    Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
    02/28/05
    Eric D. Snider
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