If you grew up in the church, you'll get it...

Rating: 8/10 (5 February 2006)

Sunday school every week? Bible study, revivals, Christmas, Easter, Psalm Sunday -- if these were all major events in your childhood, then you'll get this film. It's a Christianity amusement park, and everyone's playing for keeps. Beware of overtly hostile reviews, there's a Constantine cult and they are purists, a la Shakespeare fans. Can't blame them. Since seeing the film, I've gotten into the comics and it's funny, but it shouldn't be a...religion. In the comics Constantine is blonde and British, so Hollywood usurps again. But hey, if they are such purists, why couldn't they get the British film world to make the movie for the past ten years? And why wasn't Rachel Weitz, a British actress, allowed to use her accent? Probably because it's not high art, just good old fashioned B-movie fun with great supporting actors. Where's the crime in that?