This is a handsomely staged film, peppered with fascinating ritual and detail, populated by a world-class cast, and focused almost entirely on human interaction and moral drama. It is truly sensational stuff.

| Original Score: 10/10 | Apr 18, 2025

The film highlights the contradictions between what is preached and what happens: while advocating for the equality of all, the institution is immersed in hierarchies, and strict codes that even its own members fail to uphold. [Full review in Spanish]

| Mar 22, 2025

A riveting psychological thriller with an absurd final twist, the film depicts Cardinals as self-serving, power-hungry politicians who spend their limited time together attempting to convince one another that they are the lesser of two evils.

| Mar 12, 2025

This one is highly burnished and tightly wound, seemingly made by Fiennes and not the director.

| Mar 4, 2025

...benefits from its superb production design and raft of above-average performances...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 27, 2025

The film spoon-feeds its ideological conflicts, ensuring no subtext remains unspoken. The result is a beautifully crafted but ultimately surface-level narrative—one that titillates more than it challenges.

| Original Score: 3.5/ 5 | Feb 26, 2025

"A tense thriller with a heart, a brain, and a soul."

| Original Score: 8/10 | Feb 26, 2025

It’s not exactly subtle, but then again, Conclave doesn’t seem to be particularly interested in keeping things enigmatic. It’s too busy taking itself far too seriously; we should do the opposite.

| Original Score: B | Feb 26, 2025

Conclave reduces philosophical and spiritual issues to the cheapest and most banal melodrama.

| Feb 19, 2025

Goes very close to being the perfect dramatic thriller. Conclave is proof that with a good screenplay made up of intense dialogue you need action or scares to generate suspense. Also contains some of the finest acting performances of this generation.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 18, 2025

With all the secrecy and intrigue, Conclave should have been a gripping power play—yet its biggest revelations feel more like missed opportunities.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 14, 2025

[Fiennes's] performance is a study in restraint, yet he effortlessly conveys the internal turmoil of a man who is deeply torn between duty and conscience.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 10, 2025

Conclave is a tale of intrigue, doubt, and faith that moves through its themes at a good pace. Some powerful performances elevate the material to the next level.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 9, 2025

A faithful adaptation of Robert Harris’ novel, screenwriter Peter Straughan delivers a brave and layered script that compels you to scratch the surface and think beyond the obvious crisis in picture.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 7, 2025

...Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Isabella Rossellini and a no less extraordinary Sergio Castellitto play their roles with enormous credibility...[Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 5, 2025

Conclave is fashioned like a murder-mystery, with plenty of mystery but the murder replaced by a string of character assassinations.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 5, 2025

Conclave is a powerful thriller that, in addition to maintaining dramatic tension, offers significant contributions to reflection on faith, religion and power within...the Catholic Church...[Full review in Spanish]

| Feb 5, 2025

Edward Berger continues to demonstrate his command as a filmmaker, crafting a thrilling and expansive narrative that leaps beyond the story’s limited locale.

| Feb 5, 2025

Peter Straughan's agile and well-crafted script moves the pieces of its intrigue with skill, well-oiled by the remarkable actors in its cast. [Full review in Spanish]

| Feb 3, 2025

A fascinating sermon on the state of the Church and its place in the world, with a Fiennes performance worthy of being put on an altar.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 2, 2025