Preachy religious subtext ruins film

Rating: 1/10 (18 August 2002)

Spoiler Alert!! Such a waste of what could have been an interesting and intelligent film. Mel is a priest who has lost faith - and low and behold finds it again at the end. Faced with only two closed minded options of 1. Have faith & be strong, or 2. No faith, stand alone & have fear, Mel wusses out and finds God again.
Rather than explore some modern, progressive ideas such as 3. No faith, stand alone and be strong, Mr Shamalamadingdong's work continues to decline to appeal to the lowest common denominator. No doubt a collaboration with Adam Sandler is not far off.