Beautiful settings, not-so-great acting

Rating: 3/10 (8 April 2020)

Weakly plotted, poor character development, overacted, and full to the brim with cliches. To top it all off, none of the lead actors even attempt a Spanish or Portuguese accent. I found the indigenous people to be more interesting than any of the main characters, which is unfortunate since "The Mission" is not their story, but just a story that features them. It's the first movie I've seen in a long time that I wanted to walk out of, but stayed because I was able to lower my standards. That still didn't prevent me from rolling my eyes at majority of the film. The ending is what saved "The Mission." The beautiful settings were a plus.