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The Crime of Father Amaro
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Metascore
60 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 29 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 18 Ratings

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  • Starring: Ana Claudia Talancón, Gael García Bernal, Sancho Gracia
  • Summary: The scandalous story of a young priest, Father Amaro (Bernal), assigned to a church in a small village in remote Mexico, who falls in love with a teenage girl, Amelia (Talancon), who then becomes pregnant with his baby, and asks for his help in getting an abortion.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 29
  3. Negative: 1 out of 29
  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    100
    Excellent acting, intelligent screenwriting, and dynamic filmmaking give this Mexican production a forceful emotional and intellectual charge.
  2. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Stephanie Zacharek
    60
    Ends up being nothing more than a stifling morality tale dressed up in peekaboo clothing.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    38
    Father Amaro comes off as another pedophile in a frock. You'd have to hose this guy down if he were driving a school bus.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 2 out of 13
  1. AlmaL.
    10
    Very Good!
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  2. FrankO.
    7
    Felt like two different movies; first half being local politics and the church; 2nd half the relationship between Father Amaro and Ana character. Publicity, trailer and DVD description misleading about the overriding theme of story.… Expand
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  3. IvonaPoyntz
    6
    Gael Bernan simply fails to convince: a committed priest who submits to corruption without the requisite soul searching to justify his chosen path: had we seen some internal turmoil over his choices, this film would have been first rate… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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