Padre Pio

critic Reviews

, 30% Rotten Tomatometer Score
  • Tonally unbalanced and burdened with a distracting Shia LaBeouf performance, Padre Pio is one of Abel Ferrara's less divine works.
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    Noel MurrayLos Angeles Times
    Padre Pio is often as rewarding as it is challenging.
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    John AndersonAmerica Magazine
    Ferrara’s Padre Pio is not the hero of his movie, far from it. But his sainted Pio does pose moral quandaries that may require heroic effort to reconcile.
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    Christy LemireFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
    It's like two totally different movies have been slammed up against each other.
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    Dennis HarveyVariety
    It’s hard to say that this time the strange disjunctions between premise and execution will leave most viewers with much tangible reward.
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    Brian TallericoRogerEbert.com
    A dull slog, an oil-and-water hybrid of two different films, both with interesting ideas that never cohere into interesting filmmaking.
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    Richard BrodyNew Yorker
    The movie reignites long-ago events by the spark of physical contact, and its age-old difficulties illuminate current turmoils and battles with an absolute rage that appears to be very much like the filmmaker’s own.
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    Damon WiseDeadline Hollywood Daily
    It’s not immediately clear what drew Ferrara to this story or this style... The formalities of neo-realism actually seem to suit him
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    Nathaniel BellLA Weekly/Village Voice
    Dedicated in the closing credits to the people of Ukraine, Padre Pio aims to restore a measure of faith, not in humanity, which is manifestly wicked, but in the person who suffered and died for all.
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    Filipe FreitasAlways Good Movies
    Choppy, unpolished and undeveloped, Padre Pio will certainly divide audiences.
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    Alexander MillerFilm Inquiry
    Replete with bold catholic imagery and painful moments of confrontational longing that recalls Ferrara‘s best work, Padre Pio is still a few rosaries short of a blessing.
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