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This movie has choppy pacing, insincere dialogue, and is a far cry from what it's like to be a catholic. Yet more proof that Hollywood can't even begin to grasp true faith.
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Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars
01/16/23
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Walter R
It’s always ok to slyly slam the Church and priests in Hollywood but I’ll have none of it.
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars
05/12/20
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Excellent secular humanist talk by the elder priest at the end. It's not about our pristine rituals, but about our capacity to love. Superb cast and acting!
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
02/06/23
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With astonishingly natural writing and acting around the main story, this deserved more praise from critics. Unlike most romantic comedies, it's laugh-out-loud funny based on its own unique content rather than hackneyed tropes—and it's romantic, achieving a rare portrayal of natural chemistry and dance of growing intimacy. The other two clergyman admittedly are a bit extreme as foils to one another, and thus feel less genuine, in spite of the actors' display of talents. But this hardly takes away from the naturalistic dialog, the leads' charisma and shifting moods and tones, and the marvels of Spicer's see-everything face (which fits perfectly with his character.) Provided you don't hold the Catholic church either in contempt or too precious, this is a rich, hilarious and sweet story worth seeing once at the very least!
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
01/30/23
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Raised from birth Roman Catholic, St. Marys and St. Anthony's Schools, Port Hope ON. Teacher's pet to Sister Borgia, my teacher and principal of St. Mary's.
I felt older 19 that I was somewhat brain washed as a child.
I remember saying to Mom, I wish I had your blind faith. Which I never did have.
I have a 1st cousin a priest, Pembroke area. Raised by a farmer family. Strong, strong faith everywhere Irish, Polish, French sides.
I left the Catholic church in my late 20's. 1. Because I think confessing to an imperfect priest is stupid and ridiculous. We in my town had an alcoholic Priest, sent away somewhere was pretty young maybe 12. I see many gay priests now which distresses me and don't understand. Can't find that in the Bible. I don't Judge, only God can Judge us. I don't do Gossip or Malicious Gossip. God, Jesus states the 10 commandments, which I try hard to live by.
I have seen so much Hypocrisy in my home town church, disgusts me. Calling themselves good Catholics. God will judge them and Karma in life will get them too.
I found my Joyful all nomination Church here. Based on the Bible, Father God, Son, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Faith very strong, in the Trinity and Bible. Even that has errors.
Enough said, if you Catholic teens, and adults. this movie The Good Catholic, would definitely say watch if faith shaky, doubting God, have questions about Faith and Want to be uplifted, a Must Watch! ****** actors too.
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Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
02/14/23
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No matter what you might think this is about from the title, you're
wrong. IOW, don't not see the film because of it. It's neither a
polemic mocking religious faith, nor does it say anything about
religion except maybe why don't we all just sit down and start over.
All four primary characters are superbly cast, including Danny Glover
who is about 3 steps above anything I've ever seen him in before. The
subject matter is handled respectfully, albeit with liberal amounts of
humor which zeros in on the fact that most religions take themselves
way to seriously--which the production company apparently takes to
heart, naming itself Pigasus (sic) Pictures.
This is about as perfect as you can expect an independent film to be.
It's only flaw is there being too much lipstick on Daniel--which is so
obvious, I wondered if they just wanted to give the audience something
to criticize. Needless to say, there's no actual action for the action
junkies, but the dialogue and the subject matter are outstanding--and
at times, profound. This is my second "10" of the year, (18th all
time), the first being only a week ago, so I was wondering if coming
out of the summer movie drought has something to do with it....It' doesn't'.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
02/13/23
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