Padre Pio

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Ben D This is a bizarre movie. The actors all speak in English, even though the vast majority are not native speakers. This decision leads to terrible, unpolished dialogue. I was attracted to the idea of Shia LaBeouf playing the eponymous character and assumed I’d be sitting in for an interesting story on the saint that wasn’t just a birth-to-death biopic. Instead, Padre Pio (LaBeouf) is on-screen for approximately 25% of the film while the rest concerns a small Italian town wherein a rag-tag band of socialists garner support from the townsfolk and win a surprising election. Abel Ferrara shoots this mostly in the form of young college-educated men extolling the virtues of socialism and the main landowner (Marco Leonardi) being absurdly cruel. There’s just something off about the movie. There’s no adhesion between the two stories and you just want the whole thing to be shot in Italian. Even if you had LaBeouf only speak in English, it would’ve been strange but stylish, in a way — note that LaBeouf sounds exactly like LaBeouf and does not put on any sort of accent. While I’d usually commend this decision — if the actor is not going to use the language of the character (here, Italian) it’s silly to use an Italian accent — the juxtaposition of Italian actors using accented English to LaBeouf’s unaccented English is just weird. (The best example of this whole issue done right is The Death of Stalin.) I still don’t know what this film is trying to be and I don’t care to concern myself with it any longer. It’s a bad, bad movie. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 11/14/24 Full Review Audience Member Confusing, unpolished thoughts scrambled together. It’s not about padre pio. Misleading Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/12/24 Full Review Craig S Great movie for followers of Catholisism Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/09/24 Full Review Camilo G It's sad that the latest great Saint the world has seen was completely misrepresented. He had such a rich life in terms of intimacy with God, and all the social aspects deviate from the essence of his ministry. The outdated effects in terms of cinematography and music are out of context, unbalanced in terms of complexity, and give a bad perception of the merciful Father Pio. One thing is to portray a character, another thing is to provide incorrect information. The movie should even be called "Father Pio". What a lack of respect for him and believers who had him as a model of life Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/08/24 Full Review Filipe Z I know the story of St. Padre Pio relatively well, and the trailer tells much more about it than the movie itself. Two stories with almost no connection. Anyone who doesn't know about the post-World War I scenario in Italy and the story of Padre Pio will finish the movie knowing the same thing. Sad. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/28/24 Full Review Angel G I think this movie was deeper than most people appreciate. I thought the Padre Pio performance was "period appropriate" for post WWI. His hauntings from the demonic were stunning. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/28/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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