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Hail Mary

Play trailer Poster for Hail Mary Released Oct 11, 1985 1h 47m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Jean-Luc Godard explores faith and relationships in this story of a virginal Swiss woman who learns she is pregnant.
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Noel Murray The Dissolve [S]een alongside Godard's other films, Hail Mary isn't that shocking. It's a film of great sensitivity and yearning[.] Rated: 3.5/5 Jan 31, 2014 Full Review Fernando F. Croce Slant Magazine Hail Mary is limpid, serene, and, for all the pubic hair on display, glowingly chaste. Rated: 4/4 Oct 8, 2006 Full Review Vincent Canby New York Times This much is certain: The controversy will probably sell a lot more tickets than is warranted by the comparatively solemn, unsensational nature of the film itself. Rated: 2/5 Aug 30, 2004 Full Review Michael Bronski Gay Community News (Boston) At any rate Hail Mary has some fine moments, and some provocative insights about women and creation. Sep 21, 2022 Full Review Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion Rated: 2/5 Mar 30, 2007 Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com fascinating stuff that is beautifully photographed Rated: 3.5/5 Oct 3, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Great film! An amazing study in psychology and relationships. Also incredibly well filmed. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member This is just a mess of a film. It is slow moving and ridiculously pointless. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member I had always heard of this film, but after finally watching it I was very disappointed. There is certainly a point here, but Goddard's artifice and pacing is so slow that it almost felt like cinematic torture to me. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Godard's had some really interesting ideas here but the movie ends up being pretentious & unengaging Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Myriem. I saw your Wonderful Potrayal of the Virgin Mother. It was a beautiful, & thought provoking Film-Dee O' Donoghue, now living in the Washington, DC area, originally from Cork City, Ireland. Myriem if you are out there somwhere....I just wanted to say "Hello again" after many many years. Anne Lives near me in Bethesda, MD. USA. Brian still lives in Cork City happily. Mum & Dad, sadly Died in 2001, a very tough year for all of my Family:( better now for all of us:) A bientot Myriem, Dee:) Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Brilliant imagery, mesmerizing music, fantastic performances, ingenious parallelism, and extremely interesting. I know this sounds really perverted, but i really loved the nudity. Not for the reasons one would think, but because it was not exploitative at all, and was in fact, the opposite (whatever that is). Flesh and the human body is an underlying theme throughout the film, and you can really sense the "humanity" through all of the nudity. I also loved how the subplot with Eva and the professor complemented Mary's story very well, and it was very clever in it's parallelism. I'd give this a 100 if i didnt' feel somewhat disoriented through the whole thing. I don't know if I got bad subtitles, but I was feeling quite confused through many parts, and things weren't really clearer after the credits ran. But upon retrospect, the vagueness is slowly withering away, and my fondness is slowly growing. maybe in a few days, ill change my score to a 100. Godard is so good, it's ridiculous. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Jean-Luc Godard explores faith and relationships in this story of a virginal Swiss woman who learns she is pregnant.
Director
Jean-Luc Godard
Screenwriter
Jean-Luc Godard
Distributor
Vestron Video, New Yorker Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 11, 1985, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 7, 2014
Runtime
1h 47m
Aspect Ratio
Academy (1.33:1), 35mm
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