Ana Claudia Talancón, Andrés Montiel, Angélica Aragón
Recently ordained a priest, 24-year-old Father Amaro is sent to a small parish church in Los Reyes, Mexico to assist the aging Father Benito in his daily work. Benito--for years a fixture in the churc...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 1, 2003
Stats: 541 reviews
Lurid, one-sided assault detailing corruption within the Catholic church. What a fresh idea! Wildly schizophrenic film abruptly changes focus from one story to the next as it recounts various stories of immoral priests in Latin America, who struggle between their religious vow...( read more)
Being non-Catholic (and non-Christian) I wasn't touched or moved by this film in the way that I probably would have, were I of that religious conviction (and active in that faith). But I can still understand why this film shocked so many when it came out.
Another telenovela passing by as a movie. Buean trabajo Serrano Limon, hiciste ver a medio mundo esta cosa. Por que no ahora una campaña para ir a ver como te ahorcas de una de las campanas de la catedral del zocalo, y asi librarnos de tu inutil existencia? Hasta pagaria por ver ...( read more)
"The Crime of Padre Amaro" is not worthy of the controversy it spawned but is worthy of anyone interested in a subtitled Mexican drama about an ambitious young priest in a rural diocese who succumbs to the desires of the flesh only to find the one transgression leads to another. ...( read more)
*SPOILERS* I can't review this without giving the whole plot away. so i liked the movie. but it was rather disappointing. but the more i think about it, the more it's probably more true to life the way it was. so anyway. said "handsome priest" ends up getting involved with this g...( read more)
Carlos Carrera directs a controversial film, but with excellent pacing and acceptable leading performances, specially by Gael Garcia Bernal, Damian Alcazar and Pedro Armendariz Jr. A sign of hope in modern Mexican cinema.
68/100
The morality of the church was shown and the path that a priest has chosen. Unfortunately, Padre Amaro diverted from righteousness to evil by heeding the call of the flesh. The most poignant scene was when Amaro is blessing the casket of Amelia who died when she aborted their lov...( read more)
Wasn't into the anti-Catholic angle that the film took, but I did appreciate the performances and the cinematography. I don't know, I would have preferred a more honest account.
Gael Garcia Bernal never turns in a bad performance but his transformation from naive innocent to terrifyingly corrupt is not believable. Blame the script I guess!
A melodrama, a film that doesn't say priests are bad but observes that priests are human and some humans are bad. full review
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