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- FAMILY PRAYERS is a small, gritty movie–a poignant story of faith and wisdom. A love for God and His Word written is manifest in FAMILY PRAYERS. Joe Mantegna creates an unforgettable portrait of a man spoiled by his looks and smooth tongue who has never grown up. The script draws us into this ironic story with compassion and pathos.
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Andrew's father, Martin (Joe Mantegna), has a serious gambling addiction that's causing harm to the family, and his wife, Rita (Anne Archer), unsuccessfully tries to get him to quit his...
- Emanuel Levy
- Joe Mantegna
- Scott M. Rosenfelt
- Drama
FAMILY PRAYERS is a small, gritty movie–a poignant story of faith and wisdom. A love for God and His Word written is manifest in FAMILY PRAYERS. Joe Mantegna creates an unforgettable portrait of a man spoiled by his looks and smooth tongue who has never grown up.
- Scott Rosenfelt
- Joe Mantegna
- Examining The Film’Sportrayal of The Fatima Apparitions
- The Angelic Apparitions
- The Scene Which Setsthe Film’S True Theme
- First Apparition of Thevirgin
- A Syllabus ofHistorical and Theological Revisionism
- Conclusion
For the purpose of an objective, Catholic critique, I twice viewed the movie, transcribing the entire script. Despite the “red flags” previously viewed in the film’s trailers (like the Virgin trodding on the ground, instead of regally standing on a small holmoak tree), one could never fully anticipate how far this movie would push the limits of “ar...
Fatimamovie’s depiction: A young girl (Lucia) is seen alone, scribbling with a stickon a cave wall. A light wind suddenly courses into the cave, and in flies awhite bird, both of which attract her attention. She follows the swooping birddeeper into the cave. Suddenly, she hears a whispering voice: “Don’t be scared.Do not worry.” The child peers int...
The film’s next fable setsthe whole tone of the film’s subtle, underlying and slowly developing theme: Thechild Lucia (and, as implied by this scene’s conclusion, the elderly nun Lucia)has “issues” with her mother, Maria Rosa, which psychologically resulted in thechild’s Angelic and Marian apparitions. The segment begins with an elderly gentleman (...
Fatimamovie’s depiction:Lucia is alone, in afield of long grass; she looks up at the sun. Along come Jacinta and Francisco.Jacinta complains to Lucia about Maria Rosa’s forcing Lucia to leave them asthey began a folk-dance. Lucia states, “Mama says I must atone to make him comehome.” (That is another subtle reference to the underlying theme.) The c...
Finally, in addition torestating a few of the previously examined “inaccuracies,” the following list(mainly regarding that which transpired during the Virgin’s 1917 apparitions)highlights the main points of the film’s legion of “historical and theological”errors: 1. May 13: In this and successive apparitions, the Virgin never walked on the ground. ...
In conclusion, then,and objectively speaking—what with both the great amount of Fatima resourcesnow available and the many special effects possible in today’s movies—this filmcould have been a spectacular, “theologically and historically accurate” triumph.While reactions among Catholics on the internet range from wildly enthusiasticto those who had...
These are the best family films of 2020, determined by the weekly reviews on this site. All of these best family films were given 3 stars or more by the assigned writer, and you can find where to watch the best family films by clicking on each review and seeing its online availability at the top.
Oct 9, 2020 · A new documentary film on the wildly popular Irish priest who took to the airwaves to urge families to pray together.
Best-Reviewed Kids & Family Movies 2020. Parents were desperate to find movies to entertain the stuck-at-home kids in 2020, and Hollywood delivered. Unsurprisingly, Disney+ dominates the top...
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