POSITIVES…
While this film is mostly inspired by, than just being a work that’s purely historically nonfiction, the topics it covers are very much a conversation about this real world. You don’t have to be religious to appreciate this.
The whole movie are mostly just sequences of two characters having a conversation, and wow was it all very engaging to watch.
Insightful, provocative, and emotionally moving.
Sir Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce are phenomenal in their roles of Cardinal Ratzinger / Pope Benedict and Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio / Pope Francis, respectively. Both are simply amazing.
Has a well written script, that is able to pull off some really clever lines of dialogue.
For a relatively serious film with important subject matters, it’s not above having a sense of humor.
Several of those clever lines I mentioned this movie having, are of the humorous variety. Expect some running jokes.
There’s a joke regarding how many people don’t know latin anymore that pays off in a way that I found hilarious.
The bonus sequence that plays during the end credits is just perfect.
NEGATIVES…
While this film focuses on real life people, it does have a story that’s more fiction than nonfiction which might perturbed some people.
It’s a talking heads movie, which is a type of film that isn’t for everybody.
Sometimes it feels like it’s holding back with certain subject matters, and sometimes it feels like it’s saying too much.
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