general comments

Rating: 7/10 (13 April 2006)

I wasn't expecting to like this movie, as I generally despise Keanu Reeves' attempts at acting. However, I thought it presented the good/evil debate in a new and interesting way, and I especially enjoyed the ending. I'm also a big fan of Tilda Swinton, and I enjoyed her asexual performance as the angel Gabriel. I thought the effects were good, and the portrayal of hell was awesome. I also thought that it made some good points regarding the Catholic views on suicide, and I liked the way it didn't really have a "happy" ending. Papa Midnight was probably my favorite character; I thought he was interesting as well as human. I was also pleased that the movie didn't get too "preachy" on the subject of cigarettes, despite the fact that Constantine is killing himself with cigarettes, he continues to smoke, which made him nicely human.