Stigmata

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Summary: ..........What in the world
Review: If this movie has one decent redeeming quality it has to be when it's finally over.This movie scores a perfect 10 on the hoky-meter.What in the world.Some girl who doesnt even beleive in God develops stigmata!?!?!?!How is that possible.It contradicts everything about stigmata.The woman in the movie is sort of stupid, and you dont feel sorry for her.And then you have the pastor.And of course since stigamta never and cant happen to someone who doesnt beleive in God, he doesnt know whats up, so the only conflict there is the fact teh girl i think likes him and he cant mess around with her because hes catholic.Is it even scary????Ive seen elton john concerts scarrier than this!(bad example but my point is none the less well seen) Dramatic????Ive seen better story line personified in cheap talk shows!!!!If you want this kind of fun, drive your car into a lake.Avoid this movie like you would the plague.

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Summary: Boring, tepid non-movie.
Review: Make no mistake, Stigmata will not challenge your gray matter on any level. Another in a long series of movies apparently put together by music-video directors, Stigmata attempts to cover up its hole-ridden plot with a lot of jump-cuts, cross-fades, and tiresome montages. There are a few interesting visual ideas, but you get the feeling that's the only thing the director brought to the movie, since the screenplay has no real meat. The characters are typically one-dimensional and live only to serve the plot. Many times during the movie, you can see them jump up and walk angrily out of the shot, or deliver a dramatic one-liner and exit (usually to another jump-cut), precisely when the dialogue would force them to say something substantive, or force the screenplay to tip its hand and reveal that there's no real meat to the story. The actors do fine with the roles they're given, but frankly, those roles don't amount to much. Every time this movie comes close to doing something genuine, it hides behind another blaring music-video montage, and ultimately, that's all it has going for it. It gets 2 stars for the mere virtue of being better than the utterly worthless End of Days.

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Summary: The Messenger Must Be Silenced...Harbinger of Truth
Review: Stigmata will challenge your indoctrinated thought-cells, or make you reflect upon the fact that only a few decades ago, this movie could not have been made. To perpetuate the Repression of Free-Thought and the Power of Dogmatic teachings, the church has controlled everything from education (modern history included) to personal sexuality...and communion with God. This film reveals some of the Inversive teachings and disinformation the church has used to stay in power. Obviously, everyone knows the Extremes the church has gone to, in order to perpetuate false teachings, such as the Earth being the center of the Solar System and all the other things men and women were forced to recant, because some guy in a big hat had an Ego problem the size of the Great Pyramid.... However, how many people know just how far the church has gone, down the path of insanity, to prevent anyone from becoming a Free-Thinker? After-all, they created the Inquisition--which has been proven to be a rampage of murderous carnage--inspired by madness, ignorance and power-tripping, egomaniacal nonsense. This movie awakens us to some of the truth....but, how much more is Hidden within the vaults of the vatican...denied to Intelligent eyes that are not a part of the system? I have read a few Papal Bulls....sounds like insanity, to me...but, at-least they are appropriately named. No wonder the Freemasons were persecuted so much, throughout time, and continue to be persecuted today. The funny thing is, if the church would just release the truth, they could regain their dignity and be a source of inspiration to mankind, instead of wallowing in pompous lies and blaming everyone-else for their inner demons. This movie is the closest thing I have seen to a revelation of the inner hierarchical ridiculousness of the former most-powerful organization on Earth (which is Flat! God says so!), so buy a copy and watch it with your friends. The film is very-much designed for "Gen-X" and has the feel of a Music Video, during various segments. There are some bizarre scenes that make you wonder if the special effects will inspire drug users to make this one a cult classic....but, the foundation of the film might provide others to delve into their favorite Internet Bookshop, for more deprogramming.

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Summary: An entertaining suspense horror thriller.
Review: Director Rupert Wainwright brings out a lot of style in film technique to make this an watching film. The plot:An young woman in her mid-twenties(Patricia Arquette) who getting sudden suffers from strange attacks and hullucinations, what turn out to be an Stigmata and an Vatican scientist/Priest(Gabriel Byrne) who cames to investigate and help the troubled woman.

DVD`s has fine anamorphic widescreen transer(2.35:1) and Superb Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround is excellent. Extras-An running commentary track by the film`s director. Also we can watch with two different ending with an optinal selection. Grade:B+. Super 35.

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Summary: Where Is The Story???
Review: I was expecting a lot more of this movie. It had the chance to be a movie in line with The Exorcist, Omen, The Seventh Sign, & God's Army, but fails. I'm irritated - It's like having a Royal flush and dont know what to do with it! The suspence is on the same level from beginning to the end, it doesn't get more borring and it doesn't get more exiting and suddenly it's over... The 3 stars is because Gabriel Burne playes fantastic (as allways) and also Arquette is good. The filming, editing, sound and effects are truely great. I don't understand all you that gives it 5 stars??? Try taking the 6 & 7 stigmata scenes out - what is left? A borring movie with a good point...

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Summary: Visually Stunning
Review: Incredibly filmed and visually stunning. Plenty of foreshadowing helps make this a very enjoyable film to watch. Patricia Arquette and Gabriel Byrne are both very good. A couple of minor holes that I assume ended up on the cutting room floor for one reason or another. Solid film.

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Summary: Brilliant !
Review: The film is brilliant and has more truth in it than religious nutters would like you to think about. The best quote : After a stigmata attack Priest "Its a gift from God" Patricia "Can I give it back?"

Rating:
Summary: Brilliant !
Review: The film is brilliant and has more truth in it than religious nutters would like you to think about. The best quote : After a stigmata attack Priest:"Its a gift from God" Patricia :"Can I give it back?" Enjoy the film.I did.

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Summary: Truly inspired!
Review: Like a slow-paced rock music video with a hard edge, "Stigmata" unfolds as a glorious tapestry before your eyes, exploring different themes of religion as well as giving the audience a story filled with intelligence and supernatural events.

Frankie Paige does not believe in God, demostrating her absence of faith through her rather wild-child lifestyle of the mainstream nineties. While sitting in her bathtub one night, she begins writhing and jerking, apparently not because she wants to, and blood begins pouring out of fresh holes in her wrists. Doctors and surgeons cannot interpret the cause of the holes, and label it an attempted suicide. After receiving whip slashes across her back on a subway train, Frankie's situation comes to the attention of the Vatican, where Father Andrew Kiernan is sent to Pittsburgh to investigate the strange occurences. Upon his arrival, he becomes more emotionally involved with Frankie than his conscience allows, and this, accompanied by two more strange wounds, conspire to force Kiernan as well as Paige look at their lives and take stock of themselves. After hearing Kiernan's explanation for her marks, Frankie will soon learn that she is channeling a powerful message that could change the way humanity looks at the church.

If this synopsis sounds the least bit confusing, then this movie is not for you. If you find it intriguing, then I highly recommend going out to rent it. First of all, the movie is unlike most movies of the horror/thriller genre in that it does not come out and say which one it is; you must infer it for yourself based upon how the movie registers in your mind. The suspense of the film is high if you can understand the complex plot and subplots; otherwise, you may find it hard to understand, and certain scenes and dialogue will not make sense.

Rupert Wainwright has done an excellent job in incorporating fact with fiction, making the film much more believable. The technical and factual aspects surrounding the phenomenom of stigmata are handled nicely, and very accurately. A lot of religious symbolism is also interjected into the plot, wihch makes it not only a thriller for bloodseekers, but a thriller for those in the mood for deep religious meaning.

Actors take their parts very seriously, playing them with perfection and knowledge of what the character is truly experiencing. Arquette shines as the beautiful and tortured Frankie, and her performance in scenes of the stigmata add to the intensity and suspense. Byrne is superb as Father Kiernan, showing sympathy when needed but also remaining intact with his side of strictness in terms of his objectives dealing with the Vatican.

A downright delicious film that was trashed by critics everywhere, Stigmata is a perfect ensemble of actors and storyline that will satisfy those in the mood to think while they watch.

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Summary: terrible movie
Review: I don't know excactly what to say about this movie. I watched it with a girl who is really into weird and abnormal movies. By the end of the movie I could hardly get her to say anything. She was so freaked out that I thought she was in shock. I don't usally let things affect me like that. But the way i felt about the movie was that it was of the Devil himself. It left me with such a bad feeling that I wasn't sure what to believe. I am not a real religious person but I know with out a doubt that what I saw on that movie was pure blasphemy. I have never used that word before but that is the only word I could think of after I watched this movie. I would not recommend this movie to anyone for any reason, It is the worst movie I have ever seen.......I would love to discuss why I feel this way with any one who wishes, e-mail me at [e-mail]....