2006
PG-13
THINKFilm
1 h 16 m

2006
PG-13
THINKFilm
1 h 16 m

Summary What are the first existential queries that lead us to question the absolute and consult teachers, parents, priests or older siblings? The Big Question is based on an idea that is very simple yet rather complex: it poses extremely direct questions to a large and varied group of people regarding their own intimate perception of the divine...

Documentary

Directed By: Francesco Cabras, Alberto Molinari

Written By: Francesco Cabras, Alberto Molinari

2006
PG-13
THINKFilm
1 h 16 m

2006
PG-13
THINKFilm
1 h 16 m

The Big Question

Name: The Big Question
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2006-03-17
Duration: 1 min 16 s
Rating: 53
Cast: Mel Gibson, Monica Bellucci, Sergio Albelli, Toni Bertorelli, Giovanni Capalbo

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews

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Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews

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The New York Times

The overall effect, especially given the gorgeous setting and liquid-gold cinematography, is less a discussion of the divine than a commercial for it.

By Lawrence Van Gelder FULL REVIEW

Variety

Intriguing and surprisingly witty.

By Robert Koehler FULL REVIEW

TV Guide Magazine

The film's tone - a mix of childlike directness, twee whimsy and arty sentimentality - is a matter of taste.

By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

What might have made for an interesting short film lacks the weight to sustain its feature (albeit, brief) length, and even the presence of Mel Gibson, Jim Caviezel (in full bloody Christ mode) and Monica Bellucci is unlikely to attract any but the "Passion" obsessed.

By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

While the questions may be universal, they're not particularly original, and the responses largely run the expected range, rendering the whole project less enlightening than your average collegiate coffee-and-cigarettes bull session.

By Joshua Land FULL REVIEW

New York Post

Most of the interviews are as brief as they are obvious, and it doesn't help that none of those interviewees, including clergymen who served as technical advisers, are identified.

By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Ganga

Release Date Mar 17, 2006

Duration 1 h 16 m

Rating PG-13

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Tagline All of us in our life has been touched by this question...

The Big Question

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William J. Fulco

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