over-rated religious tale

Rating: 6/10 (5 March 2008)

No doubt the performances by the three leading actors are magnificent. But the film ultimately proves a vacuous morality tale that's as clichéd and stereotypical as they come. Right, Manhattan's the devil's playground, and money and sex are so tempting, a man risks losing his soul. Really, if someone needs to know the Bible - or worse, this film - to know Kevin Lomax was veering off the path of goodness, as some of the comments here implies, they need to look at themselves and figure out where they lost their conscience.
Oh, and the movie tempts you with some of the very same things "John Milton" used to tempt Lomax. Try to figure out what.