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21 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 11 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 9 out of 11
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  1. New Times (L.A.)
    Reviewed by: Luke Y. Thompson
    70
    It's a heartfelt and powerful examination of faith that no serious student or enthusiast of theology or philosophy should miss.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    40
    Gets off to a pretty intriguing start before degenerating into a series of routine action sequences.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Bruce Fretts
    33
    This cinematic stiff should have stayed buried.
  4. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    30
    Indiana Jones has never been so missed, but instead this shaggy God story hones in on the faith dilemmas of Banderas and a sputtering Derek Jacobi, so Sunday-hammy you want to rivet him with cloves.
  5. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    25
    Just about every race and creed come off badly in this small-scale thriller.
  6. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    25
    Antonio Banderas is unintentionally hilarious as Father Matt Gutierrez, a sort of Jesuit James Bond.
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  7. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Kevin Maynard
    20
    This talky, self-important flick is a bore of biblical proportions.
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  8. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    20
    If the film were a fight, they'd have stopped it.
  9. Variety
    Reviewed by: Scott Foundas
    20
    Has shown its true colors as less a serious religious-themed film than a moth-eaten tapestry of foreign intrigue and badly miscast international stars.
  10. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: John Patterson
    10
    Mutates halfway through into a ham-fisted action movie that squanders the good will, and insults the intelligence, of its audience.
  11. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    10
    Despite a premise that's provocative, to say the least, this one's a dud.
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