Violet Weed
I am soooo glad I didn't pay anything but the eight bucks a month cost of netflix for this piece of garbage. It is an insult to all Believers in God and Jesus Christ, not just an insult to Catholics. I am not a Catholic but I am a 'slain in the spirit' believer. If you are a Believer, one of God's Children, then this 'comedy' (which it is not although described that way) is blasphemous. In the past 45 years I have read / devoured (as twere) many books by Christians and about God and Jesus. Many of those books were written by the Popes. Each Pope has proved to me, by his written words, that he is also Born Again. Would a Cardinal, elected almost unanimously, to be Pope, reject that election? turn his back on God and God's people? I highly doubt it. I am going to lobby to have this movie removed from the 'faith and spirituality' group within Netflix to something 'darker'. It 'could' have been a good movie, but the only 'good' thing about it was getting to see some of Rome again after having been away from Italy for the past 30 odd years. Don't waste your time on this garbage. It's just another attack by the devil as assisted by his minions.
alan-607-758799
The description of the movie is wrongly understood. This movie is definitely NOT about the relationship of Pope and his therapist. The failed therapist has and episodic side-role. The movie is about a Bishop who cannot take the burden of responsibility and attention that falls upon him. How he struggles and how he finds courage to solve the situation. There is no relationship between a Pope and therapist who have a 10 sentence conversation. Even the other therapist - therapists wife does not have any major impact or role in the movie whatsoever. Okay she kind of connects with the Pope but has more of a satirical role considering the outcome and storyline. Misleading is this introduction. Please change it.
crottymcnaughty
I am a Catholic and this film breaks my heart for the lack in respect some people can have towards a faithful religion such as the Catholic Church. The film leaves no message of hope and contains varied and mixed portrayals of the Catholic Church. In the history of the Church, it has been necessary to use secrecy within its walls, just as most nations do, but to suggest that Cardinals and leaders are simply blind sheep, being strung along by their faith without reason is enough to be mad at this film. The Church leaders are not whimsical or frivolous in nature. Nor are they weak minded, as the film suggests. They may be filled with humility, but they are not weak. Nanni Moretti is bold for making this film. He does, to some extent, capture the grandeur and solemnity of the Vatican and its practices, but then he destroys it by making the cardinals looks like a bunch of drug dependent old fools. I strongly suggest looking else where for a cheap laugh because the implications the director wants to convey weaken the Church, her honor, and the ability she has to continue to be one of the remaining moral voices this world still has. Also, the ending is, as wikipedia points out, a big let down.
Pablo Aguirre Solana
This movie is actually money bad spent. The story line, is to my consideration, not credible at all, not because it has to be, but because the fictional side of it does not make sense in any way. The plot I assume is a bet, that intends to portrait the Pope as more human than humans, but in that intent I guess the story completely fails to engage with the audience. Imagine a Pope that denies himself the possibility of being the Pope, because of his internal tribulations and psychological doubts ? How that can happen ? Even in the utmost of fantastic fiction. In this way, the movie fails to be a historic one, a drama one or a fictional one, in my humble opinion.
AD
