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Critics Consensus: Though melodramatic, El Crimen del Padre Amaro's critique of the Catholic church is a timely one.
Critic Consensus: Though melodramatic, El Crimen del Padre Amaro's critique of the Catholic church is a timely one.
All Critics (83) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (51) | Rotten (32) | DVD (7)
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.
A 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.
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...
Really good movie. Gael Garcia Bernal is a top of the line actor. This is a well made, well written, and well done film.
Super Reviewer
One of the most controversial films ever made
One of the most provocative, captivating and controversial films of the year. An 1875 novel by Portuguese writer Eca de Queiros is updated to modern Mexico, becoming a slick, well-acted melodrama. The film sparked controversy in Mexico for its portrayal of the Catholic church. Impressive.
Lurid, one-sided assault detailing corruption within the Catholic church. What a fresh idea! Wildly schizophrenic film abruptly changes focus from one story to the next as it recounts various stories of immoral priests in Latin America, who struggle between their religious vows and earthly desires. Ultimately, nothing is resolved and the audience is left with a lot of unanswered questioned in this thoroughly unsatisfying film.
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