Review of Lourdes (2009) by Berni E — 08 Nov 2015

Man...religion is so weird. Beautiful movie though.

This review of Lourdes (2009) was written by Berni E on 08 Nov 2015.

Lourdes has generally received positive reviews.

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By Alan Mack (8) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 25 Mar 2010

A cucumber-cool satire which views the poetry and passion of spiritual faith through a prism of rigid bureaucracy and ruthless logic…

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By Michael Brooke (5) for Sight and Sound (827) on 05 Jul 2010

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By Corine W (2) on 03 Apr 2010

Perfect Easter fare - full of religion and quiet contemplation, celebrating, ridiculing and examining the power of belief and the people who…

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By Minna S (192) on 18 Sep 2010

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By V H (149) on 20 May 2010

There's a subtle power underlying the still solemnity of Lourdes, a film that plumbs the depths of God's will and what a miracle really is…

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By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 25 Mar 2010

This film is both good and powerful. It saves the God debate, still intact, for another round. It is as magically, richly ambivalent as life itself…

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Review of Lourdes (2009) by Berni E — 08 Nov 2015

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A cucumber-cool satire which views the poetry and passion of spiritual faith through a prism of rigid bureaucracy and ruthless logic…

Spiritually flawed and often cynical though Hausner's pilgrims undoubtedly are, they're all too recognisably human…

It's not easy to believe in miracles these days…

Perfect Easter fare - full of religion and quiet contemplation, celebrating, ridiculing and examining the power of belief and the people who…

Are there miracles and most of all: who is worthy enough to experience them? Those who have been through most or those who try most…

There's a subtle power underlying the still solemnity of Lourdes, a film that plumbs the depths of God's will and what a miracle really is…

This film is both good and powerful. It saves the God debate, still intact, for another round. It is as magically, richly ambivalent as life itself…

Lourdes is a disomforting black comedy on faith and healing presented with superlative control and beautiful imagery…

Good movie reminded me of my holiday there when I was 16…

I did expect something, well, not necessarily better, but definitely different. The story was in a way inaccessible, even weird I might add…

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