Conclave

Interesting script, great acting and cinematography.

US political drama of eternal fight between left, and right utilizing gender politics and transplanting it into religious 2+ hours of cheap quasi intelectual rubbish.

Great acting. Interesting subject matter. Just not something I'd feel the need to watch again.

...EXCELLENT...In Every Category...A WOW...Can Not Even Conceive Of A Hermophodite Pope...THOUGHT PROVOKING...

Saw it on a plane. Loved it. The story, the acting, the cinematography, the underlying themes, the relevance to current events. Everything. Probably merited watching it on a big screen, but I'm glad to have gotten to see it.

The acting was superior. The end vote was given away too early and a very strange ending

Good but not great. Overrated. Interesting, but mostly predictable. The final plot twist is as implausible as the sequence of events needed to get to that point, but everyone seemed typecast for their roles to make it happen. It was almost like a comic book movie, you knew who everyone was when you first saw them. I don't know how accurate it was about cardinal politics, but if it is, what a way to run a church.

It's easy to think that a feature film about the catholic church will rely on its horrible recent history to move the plot along, and you'll be glad to hear that it only does that a little bit. Of course, no movie about the church can sincerely ignore the matter of institutional abuse without losing credibility, however Conclave deals with these matters masterfully. Truthfully, this is a great story about thievery, deception, bribery, diplomacy, and blackmail, as warring factions of the church battle to take over as its leader, and, somewhat predictably, there comes a saviour to unite them all, and preach a message of peace and tolerance. Where have I heard that before? Totally worth a watch, and not as dreary or as gruesome as you might expect a movie about the catholic church to be.

The film started well, with suspense and intrigue. The ceremony when the dead pope is removed and his rooms sealed fascinating. It then increasingly became unbelievable and farfetched - the height of this absurdity was the terrorist attack. The right wing Cardinal's speech afterwards not plausible. Fiennes was good but what nationality was he? Surely they would not allow a cardinal they have never heard of into the conclave. The twist at the end was thought provoking. A potentially interesting story ending in the absurd.

The Catholic Church is supervised by self interested and corrupt individuals who endlessly plot and malicously collaborate. Wow! Who knew? This film is great viewing on a number of levels. As a poison pen letter to the Vatican it is supremely good. And there is some comedy because of that. The point of it is also sharply made and the criticism acidic. As a thriller it stands up very well on its own. The wardrobe work is excellent and the detailing on the robes is all impressively correct. The sets and location work are also both just so credible and really enforce the quality of this film. I have to say that I found the art direction caused the view to be a little too dark but I guess that added to the atmoshpere of the story. And a top class cast. Fiennes and Tucci are both supremely good. With such a cast, great producton values being so well shot, this film is a must.