The casting, the text, the multiple readings—it's a moment when "Padre Pio" is just odd enough to be intriguing, but it doesn't last before the film plods back to its other half. Intercut between scenes of Shia's self-flagellation is a story of a village traumatized by World War I that's contending with the upcoming first free ...
New 'Padre Pio' film is a human look at the famous saint, filmmakers
By Joe Bukuras. Boston, Mass., Jun 1, 2023 / 16:10 pm. The weight of playing St. Pio of Pietrelcina, more popularly known as Padre Pio, one of the most popular saints of the 20th century, was ...
'Padre Pio' Review: A Movie in Need of a Miracle That Never Comes
He detaches the movie from the Brechtian and lands it firmly in the territory of "improv scene workshop gone horribly wrong.". Padre Pio. Rated R for themes, violence, Shia LaBeouf's ...
Padre Pio
World War I has ended and Italian soldiers, broken but victorious, are returning to an impoverished village ruled by wealthy landowners. As events surrounding the first free election in Italy ...
Padre Pio review
P adre Pio, real-life monk, mystic and one of the big holy hitters of 20th-century Italian Catholicism (Shia LaBeouf), lends his name to this chest-beating, teeth-gnashing period drama from Abel ...
Padre Pio (2022)
Padre Pio: Directed by Abel Ferrara. With Shia LaBeouf, Cristina Chiriac, Marco Leonardi, Asia Argento. WWI has ended but events surrounding the first free election in Italy threaten to tear the village apart. Padre Pio struggles with his own personal demons, ultimately emerging to become one of Catholicism's most venerated figures.
'Padre Pio' review: Does he go too Ferrara?
Plus, "Sam Now," a powerful documentary about the filmmaker's search for his stepmother; and "Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story," a deep dive into the career of the ...
Padre Pio
Full Review | Original Score: 3.2/10 | Jun 6, 2023. Julian Roman MovieWeb. Padre Pio chronicles the formative years of a future Catholic saint with a bizarrely unbalanced narrative. Injustice ...
'Padre Pio' Review: Shia LaBeouf in Abel Ferrara's Clunky Drama
The Bottom Line Ferrara and LaBeouf find God but lose their way. Venue: Venice International Film Festival (Venice Days) Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Cristina Chiriac, Marco Leonardi, Asia Argento ...
'Padre Pio' Review
Venice Review: Shia LaBeouf In Abel Ferrara's 'Padre Pio'. plays the title character in this period piece, and his face dominates the promotional material, but the latest film from the ...
Movie Review: 'Padre Pio'
Movie Review: 'Padre Pio' June 1, 2023 By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews. NEW YORK (OSV News) - Viewers may be misled by the title of director and co-writer Abel Ferrara's historical drama "Padre Pio" (Gravitas). The film is less a profile of the titular saint, played passionately by Shia LaBeouf ...
'Padre Pio' Review: Shia LaBeouf Leads a Muddled Saint Biopic
The real Padre Pio (1887-1968) was a child of peasant farmers who joined a Franciscan Capuchin friary at age 15, spending the last half-century of his life in the monastic community of San ...
'Padre Pio' Review: Shia LaBeouf Plays Italian Friar
September 5, 2022 11:34 am. Shia LaBeouf as Padre Pio in "Padre Pio." First thing's first, Abel Ferrara 's latest film " Padre Pio " can't exactly be described as a biographical drama ...
Movie Review: "Padre Pio" Slowly Unwinds An Inscrutable Tale Of Pain
At the end of World War I, Padre Pio begins his ministry at a remote monastery in southern Italy. Soon, his charisma and storied visions bring him fame. Clearly a labor of love for director Abel Ferrara, "Padre Pio" chronicles a portion of the early life of canonized Roman Catholic Priest Francesco Forgione, also …
Review: In 'Padre Pio', Shia LaBeouf may be a saint—but he's no hero
Ferrara, better known for "Bad Lieutenant," "The King of New York" and some quasi-exploitative exercises like "Ms. 45," clearly thinks that Padre Pio is delinquent in his spiritual ...
Padre Pio review
Padre Pio review - Shia LaBeouf's bearded brooding leaves film stuck in limbo This article is more than 1 year old Abel Ferrara's latest film is a strange and frustratingly ambiguous tale of ...
Shia LaBeouf Discovers the Political Power of Catholic ...
By Richard Brody. June 1, 2023. "Padre Pio," which stars Shia LaBeouf in the title role, is a historical drama without historical distance. Photograph by Christian Mantuano / Courtesy Gravitas ...
Padre Pio Movie Review
Parents need to know that Padre Pio is director Abel Ferrara's drama based on a real-life Italian Franciscan Capuchin friar, stigmatist, mystic, priest, and saint (played here by Shia LaBeouf).Set just after World War I, the film also tells the story of the contentious first free election in Italy after the war, amid the rise of fascism.
Padre Pio Review: A Litany of Sins from Abel Ferrara
Director: Abel Ferrara. Writer: Abel Ferrara, Maurizio Braucci. Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Asia Argento, Marco Leonardi, Luca Lionello. Release Date: June 2, 2023. Bostonian culture journalist Andy ...
Movie review: 'Padre Pio'
The film contains brief but intense gory violence, demonic behavior, rear nudity, references to incest, several rough terms, and a couple of crass expressions. The OSV News classification is A-III — adults. The Motion Picture Association rating is R — restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. — John Mulderig ...
Padre Pio (2022 film)
Padre Pio is a 2022 biographical film co-written and directed by Abel Ferrara.It stars Shia LaBeouf as Padre Pio, a Capuchin Franciscan priest who received the stigmata.This historical event is shown in the film. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. During its production, as a result of his spiritual experiences, LaBeouf converted to Catholicism.
Padre Pio (2022)
Padre Pio: Directed by Anthony Sarracco. With Alessandro Cremona, Michelangelo Dalisi, Carla De Girolamo, Martina Gatti. An investigative journey into the life of Padre Pio, an Italian mystic who defied explanation, blending sainthood's devotion with modern celebrity's allure.
Thinking About Catching the new Padre Pio Film? Don't
When Shia LaBeouf interviewed with Bishop Barron last August, he set the Catholic world talking about his conversion story and his nuts-and-bolts take on Catholicism, especially traditional Catholicism. All this was occasioned by his starring in the film Padre Pio, directed by the often-provocative Abel Ferrara.With the interest in the interview, interest arose in the film.
PHOTOS: Foundation Releases Never-Before-Seen Images of Padre Pio
To mark its 10th anniversary, the Saint Pio Foundation in the United States is releasing 10 never-before-seen photographs of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio, on April 29. Newly ...
Foundation releases never-before-seen images of Padre Pio
To mark its 10th anniversary, the Saint Pio Foundation in the United States is releasing 10 never-before-seen photographs of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio, on April 29. The ...
'Arcadian' Review: Take Two as Needed for Postapocalyptic Pain
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'Arcadian' Movie Review: A Cut Above Most Nicolas Cage Movies
Directed by: Benjamin Brewer. Written by: Michael Nilon. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Maxwell Jenkins, Jaeden Martell, Sadie Soverall. Running time: 92 mins. Economically directed by Benjamin Brewer ...
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The casting, the text, the multiple readings—it's a moment when "Padre Pio" is just odd enough to be intriguing, but it doesn't last before the film plods back to its other half. Intercut between scenes of Shia's self-flagellation is a story of a village traumatized by World War I that's contending with the upcoming first free ...
By Joe Bukuras. Boston, Mass., Jun 1, 2023 / 16:10 pm. The weight of playing St. Pio of Pietrelcina, more popularly known as Padre Pio, one of the most popular saints of the 20th century, was ...
He detaches the movie from the Brechtian and lands it firmly in the territory of "improv scene workshop gone horribly wrong.". Padre Pio. Rated R for themes, violence, Shia LaBeouf's ...
World War I has ended and Italian soldiers, broken but victorious, are returning to an impoverished village ruled by wealthy landowners. As events surrounding the first free election in Italy ...
P adre Pio, real-life monk, mystic and one of the big holy hitters of 20th-century Italian Catholicism (Shia LaBeouf), lends his name to this chest-beating, teeth-gnashing period drama from Abel ...
Padre Pio: Directed by Abel Ferrara. With Shia LaBeouf, Cristina Chiriac, Marco Leonardi, Asia Argento. WWI has ended but events surrounding the first free election in Italy threaten to tear the village apart. Padre Pio struggles with his own personal demons, ultimately emerging to become one of Catholicism's most venerated figures.
Plus, "Sam Now," a powerful documentary about the filmmaker's search for his stepmother; and "Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story," a deep dive into the career of the ...
Full Review | Original Score: 3.2/10 | Jun 6, 2023. Julian Roman MovieWeb. Padre Pio chronicles the formative years of a future Catholic saint with a bizarrely unbalanced narrative. Injustice ...
The Bottom Line Ferrara and LaBeouf find God but lose their way. Venue: Venice International Film Festival (Venice Days) Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Cristina Chiriac, Marco Leonardi, Asia Argento ...
Venice Review: Shia LaBeouf In Abel Ferrara's 'Padre Pio'. plays the title character in this period piece, and his face dominates the promotional material, but the latest film from the ...
Movie Review: 'Padre Pio' June 1, 2023 By John Mulderig OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews. NEW YORK (OSV News) - Viewers may be misled by the title of director and co-writer Abel Ferrara's historical drama "Padre Pio" (Gravitas). The film is less a profile of the titular saint, played passionately by Shia LaBeouf ...
The real Padre Pio (1887-1968) was a child of peasant farmers who joined a Franciscan Capuchin friary at age 15, spending the last half-century of his life in the monastic community of San ...
September 5, 2022 11:34 am. Shia LaBeouf as Padre Pio in "Padre Pio." First thing's first, Abel Ferrara 's latest film " Padre Pio " can't exactly be described as a biographical drama ...
At the end of World War I, Padre Pio begins his ministry at a remote monastery in southern Italy. Soon, his charisma and storied visions bring him fame. Clearly a labor of love for director Abel Ferrara, "Padre Pio" chronicles a portion of the early life of canonized Roman Catholic Priest Francesco Forgione, also …
Ferrara, better known for "Bad Lieutenant," "The King of New York" and some quasi-exploitative exercises like "Ms. 45," clearly thinks that Padre Pio is delinquent in his spiritual ...
Padre Pio review - Shia LaBeouf's bearded brooding leaves film stuck in limbo This article is more than 1 year old Abel Ferrara's latest film is a strange and frustratingly ambiguous tale of ...
By Richard Brody. June 1, 2023. "Padre Pio," which stars Shia LaBeouf in the title role, is a historical drama without historical distance. Photograph by Christian Mantuano / Courtesy Gravitas ...
Parents need to know that Padre Pio is director Abel Ferrara's drama based on a real-life Italian Franciscan Capuchin friar, stigmatist, mystic, priest, and saint (played here by Shia LaBeouf).Set just after World War I, the film also tells the story of the contentious first free election in Italy after the war, amid the rise of fascism.
Director: Abel Ferrara. Writer: Abel Ferrara, Maurizio Braucci. Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Asia Argento, Marco Leonardi, Luca Lionello. Release Date: June 2, 2023. Bostonian culture journalist Andy ...
The film contains brief but intense gory violence, demonic behavior, rear nudity, references to incest, several rough terms, and a couple of crass expressions. The OSV News classification is A-III — adults. The Motion Picture Association rating is R — restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. — John Mulderig ...
Padre Pio is a 2022 biographical film co-written and directed by Abel Ferrara.It stars Shia LaBeouf as Padre Pio, a Capuchin Franciscan priest who received the stigmata.This historical event is shown in the film. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. During its production, as a result of his spiritual experiences, LaBeouf converted to Catholicism.
Padre Pio: Directed by Anthony Sarracco. With Alessandro Cremona, Michelangelo Dalisi, Carla De Girolamo, Martina Gatti. An investigative journey into the life of Padre Pio, an Italian mystic who defied explanation, blending sainthood's devotion with modern celebrity's allure.
When Shia LaBeouf interviewed with Bishop Barron last August, he set the Catholic world talking about his conversion story and his nuts-and-bolts take on Catholicism, especially traditional Catholicism. All this was occasioned by his starring in the film Padre Pio, directed by the often-provocative Abel Ferrara.With the interest in the interview, interest arose in the film.
To mark its 10th anniversary, the Saint Pio Foundation in the United States is releasing 10 never-before-seen photographs of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio, on April 29. Newly ...
To mark its 10th anniversary, the Saint Pio Foundation in the United States is releasing 10 never-before-seen photographs of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio, on April 29. The ...
Directed by Benjamin Brewer. Action, Horror, Thriller. R. 1h 32m. Find Tickets. When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. An ...
Directed by: Benjamin Brewer. Written by: Michael Nilon. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Maxwell Jenkins, Jaeden Martell, Sadie Soverall. Running time: 92 mins. Economically directed by Benjamin Brewer ...