It’s as if we were being administered a series of rude slaps.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 7, 2022

A slow-moving but captivating look into the soul of a young, sensitive Catholic priest.

| May 13, 2022

All this is such a pity, because Priest could have been such a good and important film.

| Apr 21, 2022

Priest shouldn't be missed -- much of it is strong and moving. My reservation is not that it bites off more than it can chew (these days, big teeth are welcome) but that there's something mechanical about its mastication.

| Feb 16, 2018

In her timely and audacious feature debut, Antonia Bird addresses such taboo issues as homosexuality and incest within the Catholic church.

| Original Score: B | Feb 1, 2013

| Original Score: A- | Sep 7, 2011

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 6, 2011

A provocative film, with persuasive work by Roache.

| Original Score: A | Apr 9, 2007

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 22, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 20, 2003

This drama about Church hypocracy could stand to be far less preachy.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 26, 2002

A star-making performance by Linus Roache.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 13, 2002

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jun 18, 2002

The film's heart and message was in the right place.

| Original Score: C+ | Jun 15, 2002

Makes it clear that forgiveness is one of the most distinctive marks of Christianity and there is no future for any church that disregards it.

| Mar 13, 2002

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

The unexamined assumptions in the Priest screenplay are shallow and exploitative.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 1, 2000