Ugh

Rating: 5/10 (31 May 2006)

I now understand why the Catholic Church does not like this movie. I don't blame them. It portrays a bishop in a very negative light. The plot is improbable from the beginning. I just do not understand how anyone could take this seriously for more than 30 seconds out of the 2 1/2 hrs this movie runs. The plot is a joke. It should have been a comedy. The fellow who portrays Forest Gump or a cast-away who talks to volleyball's makes a very improbable professor of anything.
The only reason I rated this a 5 out of 10 was the villain saves this picture with a wonderful performance. He was the only convincing person in this movie. He is the one creating the drama. And he is the only one creating drama.
As for the writing, using the church to launch a drama is one of the dumbest notions ever conceived. Surely the idea pool is not this dry. Lunacy runs rampant throughout this whole story.