At under two hours it's not a long film, yet it feels as though your faith is being tested at every turn.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 28, 2021

Pontecorvo seems particularly interested in conveying the gravitas of Lúcia's spiritual burden, which is anchored by Gil, who is full of quiet intensity and impressive conviction.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 28, 2021

Fatima raises some intriguing questions about faith but sadly fails to make us believe in anything more comforting than the climate of fear, distrust and grief that flourishes during wartime.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 25, 2021

A film that, in stark contrast to most faith-based fodder, is gorgeously shot and designed.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 25, 2021

Difficult to remain engaged, despite a talented cast.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 24, 2021

Pontecorvo shoots the film radiantly - including a quick CGI excursion to hell - but there is something spiritually complacent about his slickness.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 22, 2021

The message of the Virgin, less consoling than apocalyptic, is visualized by Pontecorvo in sometimes lurid terms.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 2, 2020

It balances reasonable questions with unassailable faith. And it treats with enormous delicacy what has, for more than 100 years, made the miracle of Fatima fascinating even to those who do not believe in miracles

| Aug 31, 2020

In the flourishing faith-based movie genre, this is one of the better ones.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 29, 2020

Fatima is told simply but emotionally, prioritizing the sensorial reality of the children's world and the people inhabiting it. This devotion to the 'real' makes the holy vision palpable and plausible.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 28, 2020

While not especially artful, "Fatima" honors those who stand by their convictions. That its role models are children makes the message all the more remarkable.

| Aug 27, 2020

Easily the most compelling dramatization of the Fátima story to date.

| Original Score: A- | Aug 27, 2020

One-note characterizations aren't helped by a fashionably desaturated palette, which contributes to an unvaried, solemn atmosphere.

| Aug 27, 2020

"Fatima" is prettily shot but realized with little unique expression.

| Aug 27, 2020

With its cheap CGI demons and soundtrack of wailing souls, it was unintentional comedy of the highest order.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Aug 26, 2020