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12/30/06
The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002)
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Reviews Counted: 82 Fresh: 51 Rotten:31 Average Rating: 6.2/10
Consensus:
Though melodramatic, El Crimen del Padre Amaro's critique of the Catholic church is a timely one.
Runtime: 2 hrs
Synopsis: Gael Garcia Bernal (Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN, AMORES PERROS) stars in EL CRIMEN DEL PADRE AMARO, a controversial drama that was a box office smash in its native Mexico. Directed by Carlos Carrera, the film tells the story of a young priest who succumbs to temptation and corruption. Father Amaro... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Ana Claudia Talancon, Sancho Gracia, Angelica Aragon, Pedro Armendariz
Director: Carlos Carrera
Screenwriter: Vicente Lenero
Producer: Alfredo Ripstein, Daniel Birman Ripstein
Screenwriter: Vicente Lenero
Producer: Alfredo Ripstein, Daniel Birman Ripstein
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Like Father like Son, for soon Amaro is giving the beautiful waitress, Amelia (Ana Claudia Talancón) ... her Catechism lessons in bed ....
08/01/04
While the issues the film raises are acutely topical, Carrera seems bent on carrying on a crusade rather than creating a realistic drama.
02/16/04
Apesar das inúmeras liberdades tomadas com o texto de Eça de Queiroz, o filme funciona maravilhosamente bem com seus personagens tridimensionais e questionamentos sobre a Igreja.
07/25/03
The drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love, lust, and sin couldn't keep my attention.
06/27/03
with material as rich as this, film fans will be forgiven for expecting more.
06/21/03
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05/30/03
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For all its oddities and deliberate controversy, Padre Amaro is at bottom a very melodramatic soap opera. It's not a bad one, but it's pretty much 99 and 44/100ths pure.
04/16/03
A muckraking tale of priestly corruption, hypocrisy and illicit love that smothers its reformist protest beneath a sweaty cassock of sexual soap opera and overheated religious symbolism...
03/06/03
For all of the criticisms of the Church in El Crimen del Padre Amaro, Carrera is quick to defend the basic humanity of his characters.
02/14/03
Cut through the layers of soap-opera emotion and you find a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out of the people who want to believe in it the most.
02/14/03
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Drama of temptation, salvation and good intentions is a thoughtful examination of faith, love ... and power.
02/11/03
El Crimen Del Padre Amaro would likely be most effective if used as a tool to rally anti-Catholic protestors.
02/10/03
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