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Pope Francis: A Man of His Word

2018

Wim Wenders

Documentary, Self: Pope Francis, Ignazio Oliva, María Eufemia Goycoechea

6.4

309

Documentary "Pope Francis - A Man of His Word" is intended to be a personal journey with Pope Francis, rather than a biographical documentary about him. The pope's ideas and his message are central to this documentary, which sets out to present his work of reform and his answers to today's global questions.

	Author	Review
United States	Andrew Barker Variety	"Beautifully shot and edited (...) 'Pope Francis' allows as intimate a glimpse at the spiritual leader as a film crew is likely to get."	POS
United States	Stephen Farber The Hollywood Reporter	"Wenders’ unique access to the pontiff raises high expectations, which are unfortunately not fully realized (...) It doesn’t probe as deeply as one might have hoped."	NEU
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"Mostly satisfying (...) Wenders makes a number of strange choices (...) The film suffers from a common case of too many endings"	NEU
United States	Steve Pond The Wrap	"[It] is more reverential than revolutionary (...) In tone and approach, this is an understated, affectionate film"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"This documentary frustrates by sticking to the man’s surface (...) There’s ample material for a fascinating portrait, but Wenders is simply too reverential"	NEU

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