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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- 11/8/2013
- by EW staff
- EW - Inside Movies
Marcia Gay Harden, Aidan Quinn and Leonor Watling have joined the cast of indie drama "If I Were You" for Paragraph Pictures and Fdc Distribution according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The comedy/drama centers on Harden and Watling's characters, two women who form an unlikely bond to repair their lives.
Joseph Kell, Michael Therriault, Elizabeth Whitmere, Claire Brosseau and Bethany Jillard also stars. Joan Carr-Wiggin ("A Previous Engagement") directs the five-week shoot which just kicked off in Toronto.
The comedy/drama centers on Harden and Watling's characters, two women who form an unlikely bond to repair their lives.
Joseph Kell, Michael Therriault, Elizabeth Whitmere, Claire Brosseau and Bethany Jillard also stars. Joan Carr-Wiggin ("A Previous Engagement") directs the five-week shoot which just kicked off in Toronto.
- 1/20/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Toronto -- Marcia Gay Harden, Leonor Watling and Aidan Quinn are to play the leads in Joan Carr-Wiggin's "If I Were You" from Paragraph Pictures and FDC Distribution.
The comedy drama from producers David Gordian and Alan Latham, shooting in Toronto, also stars Joseph Kell, Michael Therriault, Elizabeth Whitmere, Claire Brosseau and Bethany Jillard.
Gay Harden and Spanish actress Watling perform the roles of two women who become unlikely friends to fix their troubled lives.
Carr-Wiggin recently completed "A Previous Engagement," a comedy starring Juliet Stevenson that she also wrote and directed.
Vio Bianchini, Savitri Gordian and Mark Paladini share executive producer credits on the five-week Canadian shoot.
The comedy drama from producers David Gordian and Alan Latham, shooting in Toronto, also stars Joseph Kell, Michael Therriault, Elizabeth Whitmere, Claire Brosseau and Bethany Jillard.
Gay Harden and Spanish actress Watling perform the roles of two women who become unlikely friends to fix their troubled lives.
Carr-Wiggin recently completed "A Previous Engagement," a comedy starring Juliet Stevenson that she also wrote and directed.
Vio Bianchini, Savitri Gordian and Mark Paladini share executive producer credits on the five-week Canadian shoot.
- 1/19/2010
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Principal photography begins today on If I Were You , shooting for five weeks on location in Toronto, it was announced by producer David Gordian. Marcia Gay Harden, Leonor Watling, and Aidan Quinn star in the comedy drama, written and directed by Joan Carr-Wiggin ( A Previous Engagement ). Rounding out the cast are Joseph Kell, Michael Therriault, Elizabeth Whitmere, Claire Brosseau and Bethany Jillard. If I Were You combines comedy and drama in a powerful and entertaining story of two women who become the unlikeliest of friends. Two women who meet by chance make a pact to fix their troubled lives: they will each do what the other one says. But one of them has a secret. She knows her husband is sleeping with the other woman. The wife's plan backfires when the mistress an...
- 1/19/2010
- Comingsoon.net
By Neil Pedley
This week sees the return of the Wachowski brothers, Tarsem Singh ("The Cell") and Henry Bean ("The Believer") to the big screen, not to mention new films from documentarians Nick Broomfield ("Tupac and Biggie") and Doug Pray ("Scratch"). On the other hand, after running around Tribeca, we still need to catch up on last week's releases.
"The Babysitters"
The idea of the spunky teenage boy succumbing to the allure of an experienced older woman is the kind of Hollywood golden goose that launches major careers (think Dustin Hoffman). But when the roles are reversed, the result is the directorial debut of David Ross that sees an entrepreneurial high schooler (Katherine Waterston, daughter of Sam) and her friends turn their babysitting ring into a call girl service, realizing there are alternative ways to pay for college besides waiting tables. It stars when one local dad (John Leguizamo) goes...
This week sees the return of the Wachowski brothers, Tarsem Singh ("The Cell") and Henry Bean ("The Believer") to the big screen, not to mention new films from documentarians Nick Broomfield ("Tupac and Biggie") and Doug Pray ("Scratch"). On the other hand, after running around Tribeca, we still need to catch up on last week's releases.
"The Babysitters"
The idea of the spunky teenage boy succumbing to the allure of an experienced older woman is the kind of Hollywood golden goose that launches major careers (think Dustin Hoffman). But when the roles are reversed, the result is the directorial debut of David Ross that sees an entrepreneurial high schooler (Katherine Waterston, daughter of Sam) and her friends turn their babysitting ring into a call girl service, realizing there are alternative ways to pay for college besides waiting tables. It stars when one local dad (John Leguizamo) goes...
- 5/5/2008
- by Neil Pedley
- ifc.com
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