Review of Hail Mary (1985) by Michael D — 30 May 2008

Except for some nice shots, nothing special...

This review of Hail Mary (1985) was written by Michael D on 30 May 2008.

Hail Mary has generally received positive reviews.

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By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 01 Jan 2000

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I don't think it's as good as how it was merited. At least I don't think it played the topic well…

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By Lee B (1,154) on 27 Feb 2008

Not one oof my favortites from Godard, although I did pull away some beautiful quotes from it, and there were some beautiful beautiful shots…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000

The film is not very good. People who have not seen a lot of films by Godard will find it especially slow-moving…

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By Arash B (269) on 05 Dec 2012

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