Padre Pio

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Padre Pio

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2023

1h 44m

Biography

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As events surrounding the first free election in Italy threaten to tear a village apart, Padre Pio struggles with his own personal demons, ultimately emerging from his spiritual anguish to become one of Catholicism's most venerated figures.

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Tonally unbalanced and burdened with a distracting Shia LaBeouf performance, Padre Pio is one of Abel Ferrara's less divine works.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

The sins and injustices of the outside world find terrible expression in St Pio of Pietrelcina’s body and imperfect expression in Ferrara’s 22nd feature.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 31, 2024

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

Any authenticity is skewered by the decision to shoot in Italian-accented English, meaning that much of the dialogue sounds as hammy as a leg of prosciutto.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 28, 2024

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Jonathan Romney

Financial Times

Padre Pio is an unholy mess.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 26, 2024

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Arthur Goyaz

Loud and Clear Reviews

Ferrara uses the absence of light as a presage of fear and terror [...]. This is how Padre Pio effectively plays with the audience as well; when a scene gets darker, it gradually escalates into something strange, sinister even.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 7, 2024

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Joshua Polanski

Boston Hassle

Padre Pio, ironically, is too reverent and uncomplicated for a biopic on the canonized firestarter.

Jul 5, 2024

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Victoria Luxford

City AM

Confused and unsatisfying, Padre Pio had the potential to be a gripping religious biopic in the vein of Martin Scorsese’s Silence. As it is, two once-promising talents squander an interesting premise, with the audience being taken to cinematic purgatory.

Rated: 1/5

Jan 29, 2024

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James S

Honestly as a Christian and a film maker of 10 years I completely feel like this movie failed itself, the story was odd and disconnect, the mystery behind Pio was never revealed nor the link between his church and the other story going on with socialism, terrible writing and communication of a story , and shaking a camera doesnt make your movie grittier or more real just stop, terrible. Disappointed they wasted shia’s talent on a none story

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/26/25

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Terry D

A beautiful movie start to finish

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/16/25

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Jennifer M

More about the socialist party issues than Padre Pio. Very disappointing !

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/14/25

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AMS D

Absolutely an amazing movie. ✝️

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/03/25

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Audience Member

This movie received lower ratings not because it is bad movie but because most of movie critics and generally people today are agnostic.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/22/25

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Brad O

A powerful message and some dramatic moments but the message is lost in inconsistent pacing ams melodrama.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/20/25

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Synopsis

As events surrounding the first free election in Italy threaten to tear a village apart, Padre Pio struggles with his own personal demons, ultimately emerging from his spiritual anguish to become one of Catholicism's most venerated figures.

Director: Abel Ferrara
Producer: Philipp Kreuzer, Diana Phillips
Screenwriter: Maurizio Braucci, Abel Ferrara
Distributor: Gravitas Ventures
Production Co: Apulia Film Commission, Interlinea Films, Maze Pictures, Carte Blanche Film, Rimsky Productions
Rating: R (Brief Nudity|Some Violence|Language)
Genre: Biography, History, Drama
Original Language: Italian
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 2, 2023, Limited
Runtime: 1h 44m

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