| El Crimen del Padre Amaro Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 6/10) |
| Now that we're through with the bogus Agent Orange Alert, we can get back to
the business at hand: Dragging the Catholic Church through the mud. Go on,
admit it. When you see the title The Crime of Father Amaro, you
automatically assume it's a film...more |
| El Crimen del Padre Amaro Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: C+) |
| Newly ordained Father Amaro (Gael Garcia Bernal) is the favorite of his
Bishop but must, like all priests, pay his cleric's dues. He is assigned
to a small, remote rural parish under the tutelage of Father Benito
(Sancho Gracia) but the seemingly quiet...more |
| El Crimen del Padre Amaro Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: C+) |
| Fresh out of the seminary, Father Amaro (Gael Garcia Bernal, "Y Tu Mama
Tambien") is sent to the small town of Los Reyes to assist the aging
Father Benito (Sancho Gracia) - or is he? The young priest's eyes are
immediately flung open when he witnesses...more |
| El Crimen del Padre Amaro Review |
| by Jonathan F. Richards |
| With the help of that incomparable publicity machine, a condemnation by the
Catholic Church (and a threat of excommunication to its stars), "El Crimen del
Padre Amaro" has blown away box office records to become the biggest indigenous
blockbuster in...more |
| El Crimen del Padre Amaro Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: 3/4) |
| # stars based on 4 stars: 3
Reviewed by: Harvey Karten
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Directed by: Carlos Carrera
Written by: Vicente Lenero, novel by Jose Maria Eca de Queiroz
Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Sancho Gracia, Ana Claudia Talancon,
Angelica Aragon,...more |
| El Crimen del Padre Amaro Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 2/4) |
| Although Carlos Carrera's EL CRIMEN DEL PADRE AMARO starts in a reasonably
promising way, it never amounts to anything other than a slightly quirky drama.
Its slack pacing accentuates the sparseness of its narrative. Watching it is
rather like viewing...more |
