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      We Have a Pope

      Released Apr 6, 2012 1h 41m Comedy Drama List
      66% 82 Reviews Tomatometer 55% 5,000+ Ratings Audience Score A therapist (Nanni Moretti) is called in when a newly appointed pope (Michel Piccoli) refuses to accept the mantle of responsibility. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Criada no catolicismo, mas decepcionada após conhecer a inquisição, pedofilia, escravidão e corrupção que maculam eternamente a Igreja Católica, um passado infeliz, muito oportuna essa visão a respeito do Vaticano, que enoja por suas mazelas, mas encanta por sua sublime beleza (a duras custas), a Fragilidade do Papa retratada, representa a incerteza, perda de fiéis, descrença, o retumbar passado macabro, e um futuro de penitência, dívida e a fé em Francisco que nos faz crer no Amor e na fé... Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member This drama film tells the story of a pope who as soon as he is elected realizes that he is not suitable for his office. The Italian director Nanni Moretti tells this story in an ironic but always simple and sensitive way. Michel Piccoli manages to get completely into the character and to give an excellent acting performance. The film is almost a prophecy of the subsequent renunciation of the papal throne by Benedict XVI. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Been on my to watch list for years and now I finally come to watch it I've really no idea why it was ever on there in the first place. A paper thin idea for a story which meanders around and becomes a nonsense at points. Massively underwhelming. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member slow, didascalic, poor despite the curious subject. really disappointing on the point of view of dialogues, acting and final cut. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member A light-hearted cuddly movie with a pope I can like a lot. While most of the time it has a likable innocence, it really has its best moments when it breaks with that. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member good com-dram almost doc like quality Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Radheyan Simonpillai NOW Toronto Such slapstick actually works, reminding us that the clergy are people, too, and the Vatican runs on electricity instead of a higher power. Rated: 3/5 Jun 1, 2012 Full Review Peter Howell Toronto Star Always the star of his movies, even when he shouldn't be, the atheist Moretti gets caught up in his own papal bull. But Piccoli's blessed empathy prevails. Rated: 2.5/4 May 31, 2012 Full Review Joe Williams St. Louis Post-Dispatch This is rich material that Moretti mines for both superficial absurdity and deep pathos. But he refuses to forge an orthodox happy ending, let alone a tinny satire. Rated: 3/4 May 11, 2012 Full Review Diego Batlle Otroscines.com Moretti proposes a personal, disquieting and provocative look at themes such as faith and personal beliefs. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 8/10 Oct 4, 2022 Full Review Mattie Lucas From the Front Row A completely agreeable but exceedingly slight film that never seems to have progressed past the conceptual stage. Rated: 2.5/4 Aug 6, 2019 Full Review Patrick Gamble CineVue A hugely enjoyable experience that's sadly let down by a rather lacklustre and uninspiring ending. Rated: 3/5 Dec 6, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A therapist (Nanni Moretti) is called in when a newly appointed pope (Michel Piccoli) refuses to accept the mantle of responsibility.
      Director
      Nanni Moretti
      Screenwriter
      Nanni Moretti, Francesco Piccolo, Federica Pontremoli
      Distributor
      IFC Films
      Production Co
      Fandango, RAI Cinema
      Genre
      Comedy, Drama
      Original Language
      Italian
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Apr 6, 2012, Limited
      Rerelease Date (Theaters)
      Mar 20, 2013
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Apr 1, 2017
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $480.9K
      Runtime
      1h 41m
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