20
The New York Times by A.O. Scott
If the film were a fight, they'd have stopped it.
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33
Entertainment Weekly by Bruce Fretts
This cinematic stiff should have stayed buried.
25
New York Daily News by Jami Bernard
Just about every race and creed come off badly in this small-scale thriller.
10
Mutates halfway through into a ham-fisted action movie that squanders the good will, and insults the intelligence, of its audience.
10
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
Despite a premise that's provocative, to say the least, this one's a dud.
25
Antonio Banderas is unintentionally hilarious as Father Matt Gutierrez, a sort of Jesuit James Bond.
70
New Times (L.A.) by Luke Y. Thompson
It's a heartfelt and powerful examination of faith that no serious student or enthusiast of theology or philosophy should miss.
40
TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
Gets off to a pretty intriguing start before degenerating into a series of routine action sequences.
30
Village Voice by Michael Atkinson
Indiana Jones has never been so missed, but instead this shaggy God story hones in on the faith dilemmas of Banderas and a sputtering Derek Jacobi, so Sunday-hammy you want to rivet him with cloves.
20
Has shown its true colors as less a serious religious-themed film than a moth-eaten tapestry of foreign intrigue and badly miscast international stars.