Review of Stigmata (2009) by Alex V — 11 Jul 2016

Stigmata delves too deeply into religion for me, to the point of misunderstanding the plot completely and resulting in a complete lack of enjoyment. What I did follow is that the main female character comes into possession of an old ancient relic that supposedly inflicts the five pains that Jesus suffered as part of his crucifixion - whipping, bleeding head, sore wrists, bloody ankles, and a spear through the the side.

Why and how this is all happening is another question, one which is probably suggested within the film, but was totally lost in translation on me. If the various priests that appeared throughout were anything to go by, they weren't too sure either (or were in denial), so what chance have I got.

I even gave up on attempting Wikipedia as I wasn't digesting the synopsis there either. It's not that I'm an atheist or agnostic, but evidently it's just a subject matter that I don't receive inspiration from, thus clouding my judgement.

I would dip in and out of this movie, but could not connect the storyline one bit and by the time the concluding scenes were upon me, I could really make no sense of what was happening before my eyes - Was she the devil, was someone else the devil, did she live, or did she die?! Not a clue.

I'm not even sure if I'd recommend it or not because this is probably a good film if you can relate to it, but definitely not one for a simpleton like myself.