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The Crime of Father Amaro (2002)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B- Source Brief Review Grade* Atlanta Journal-Constitution Eleanor Ringel Gillespie "The movie is eminently watchable but predictable, pulpy and obviously biased." more... C+ Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert "...direct and heartfelt, like a soap opera." more... B   Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington "...eventually moves and stirs you..." more... B- E! Online "...director Carlos Carrera gets carried away with all the outrageousness and slips into soap-opera territory." more... B- Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt "Despite the melodrama, Crime makes for an engrossing film likely to score with Spanish speakers globally." more... C+ Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan "The film is also determined to treat its characters, weak and strong, as fallible human beings, not caricatures..." more... B+ New York Post Megan Turner "Commendably, (director) Carrera steers clear of preachiness in his exploration of a timely and relevant issue..." more... B   New York Times Stephen Holden "Terrible things happen in El Crimen del Padre Amaro...but the movie ultimately has no tragic dimension." more... C   ReelViews James Berardinelli "The source of fascination is observing how the characters develop and understanding the underlying influences that affect every action and decision." more... B   San Francisco Chronicle Edward Guthmann "This is basically high-class melodrama..." more... B+ Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker "...bristles with passion, anger and a palpable sense of betrayal." more... B+ * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)