A fatuous argument for Mother Teresa’s sainthood; credulous and willfully ignorant, and disregards everything about her beliefs that was nasty or skeptical. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): not a fan of Mother Teresa
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
We talk about films being hagiographic, but this one wins it. Not that that’s a good thing. The Albanian nun Mother Teresa has already been “beatified” by the Vatican, and will be declared a saint once a second miracle has been attributed to her. This fatuous movie thinks it has mounted some sort of support for her sainthood… though it has no choice but to do so by being wholly credulous, absurdly reverent, willfully ignorant, and disregarding absolutely everything to do with the life and beliefs of the former Anjezë Bojaxhiu that is nasty,...
I’m “biast” (con): not a fan of Mother Teresa
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
We talk about films being hagiographic, but this one wins it. Not that that’s a good thing. The Albanian nun Mother Teresa has already been “beatified” by the Vatican, and will be declared a saint once a second miracle has been attributed to her. This fatuous movie thinks it has mounted some sort of support for her sainthood… though it has no choice but to do so by being wholly credulous, absurdly reverent, willfully ignorant, and disregarding absolutely everything to do with the life and beliefs of the former Anjezë Bojaxhiu that is nasty,...
- 11/30/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
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