Poignant today? Do you think we treated people who are different better in 1995 when the book was written? Or the 1950s? The themes are universal. Humans are hardwired to fear the other because we evolved in tribes and other tribes were dangerous and if you didn't confirm to your group you were a liability.

Well, Ethan is no John McClain, but the movie was pretty good anyway. Yippie Kiyeah MF👍👍

This movie is not a winner, ugh, it was so bad.

I enjoyed it quite a bit. It lacked some brutality maybe. However, the plan of the terror-mercenary seemed a bit too complicated to even consider it being pulled off like that. Too many human factors due to people forced into going with it. But I guess that goes for most DH-style flicks.

Having read the book beforehand, I can say that they pretty much filmed the book as written. If anything, the ending is slightly _toned down_ from the one in the book. Both the book and movie give you a real "you are there" feeling as the conclave goes through multiple ballots. There's an old saying which is quoted in the book but not the movie: "He who enters the conclave as pope, leaves it as a cardinal." We see that play out with a number of our main characters, Adeyemi, Tremblay, and even Tedesco. In the end, though, it's clear the right man won, and almost everyone sees that.

Can’t wait to watch! 👍

I think the writer wanted a young Maclane for the script but changed it to this movie. Feels like a Die hard alot

I enjoyed this movie.

Just finished watching it. Loved it. Good old 90s throwback kind of film.

I loved this movie, reminds me of just a fun movie. Not fast and furious crazy and not marvel superhero. Simple 90s and it works. Just fun. I miss this type of movie. Saw other reviews saying “it’s not unique enough, not breaking ground, didn’t do anything new, using old story arcs” - LOOK I don’t need such a complex story. We have so many shows and movies and Christopher Nolan doing that. We need basic good stories. We don’t need groundbreaking which probably would suck. This is good. Really good. I’m going to rewatch. Need more movies like this. Simplicity as you said, movies don’t need to be too hard. Also just know the director. Did great fun movies but this movie with the fun factor is because of the music score, director and director of photography!! The tone was great. Make more simple movies with great music backgrounds and DPs and a good Vision of directors, we can make new movies like it was in 90s. Lastly when we lose the believability of the last act, the reason why it got not as good… it’s not the movie… it’s running out of money. How many movie have you watched where first half or major stunts are amazing but have missing pieces or seems rushed. Anyways. Loved it.

I really enjoyed this movie. Constant action once it gets going.

I'm not in that 50 theater area, but I live in a time where pirate streaming exists, and this was a great movie to watch

I liked the production, the acting, the music, the fantastic photography, the adaptation of the book, the political, philosophical and theological tones but I didn't like the end on both the film and the book as I found it pointless and/or perhaps not daring enough. Pointless because the "health" problem ( I'm trying to avoid spoiling the end) that Cardinal Benitez had didn't change anything at all. It wasn't something visible, it wasn't something functional and he didn't even know about it up until it happened to be in need of an operation. So Cardinal Benitez's claim at the very end that he was standing between the certainties was completely baseless. The plot twist was IMHO an unsuccessful attempt to push for yet one more time a very specific agenda spoiling the rest of the film. Shoving into our throats again and again and again the same thing is boring and tiresome.

the best pleasant surprise of the year at the theaters. Grande is shockingly phenomenal in that role.

Please watch Nimona, it was nominated for an Oscar.

I guess he didn't get the memo that all men on the internet have to pretend that they don't know how to pronounce "Erivo." Lol jk

To me, Ariana stole the show. If she doesn't at least get an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress, there's something wrong with the system.

I thought it was Terrible

Currently I'm holding space for the lyrics of Defying Gravity

0:08 me when I was 13 walking out of Wicked for the first time… Also me at 30 walking out of the movie Thursday night. 😂 Was I worried? As soon as Cynthia was cast, I knew they wanted to do it right. But I still can’t believe we got an adaption this good. Jon M Chu said he wanted to make people feel how he did while seeing the show for the first time… and he actually delivered that! After waiting 2 decades, fans and the general public finally have the adaption we deserve 💚🩷

I saw it tonight. I am seeing it again probably and will probably go to a sing along…😅 I have seen the touring production twice. I love this show and honestly, it was amazing!

The ending sucked so bad

The Drake and Josh reference. 10/10. Great review!

Mama a girl behind YOU 💜

4:24 homie loves this movie so much he’s tripping over his words no worries there I’m right there with you this movie is one of 2 that have made me cry specifically when the fat black guy says leave my boys alone there good boys

clint eastwood's the mule made 100 million dollars very quietly at the box office without much help from the studio. prior to cry macho's release clint made some political statements which were not to the liking of h-wood. cry macho was a great film. it could have been a hit if the studio had gotten behind it. in fact with the proper promotion i believe it could have been nominated for several oscars. the studio punished clint for his statements by not properly backing the film. the film was set up to fail by the very studio responsible for it. this was during the time hollywood was more concerned with being PC than with making $. david zaslav then takes over the studio over looks all of these facts and begins a VERY personal campaign against eastwood. then to prove himself 'correct' he pretty much buries this film ... out of spite. never mind all the OTHER warner crap that had failed just prior to his arrival or all of HIS own crap that failed once he took the helm. warner brothers betrayed their dc superheroes when they TRIED and failed badly to make ALL of or nearly all of their superhero films dark; more like marvel. batman is perfect for a darker tone; superman is not. also, choosing such almost unknown characters as shazam/the original captain marvel, blue beetle, etc. was a very bad move. making films with the INTENT to create a shared universe was merely shooting themselves in the foot as they were not focusing on each character/each film, but rather looking too far down the line. aquaman was a fluke. they lucked up with aquaman. it was released during the height of super hero film mania during the holidays when marvel had no product scheduled. aquaman IS a joke of a character. they barely got passed all of that by changing the character to be more like namor the submariner or neptune/poseidon. they should have considered themselves lucky with that one, but no they pressed their luck and made a sequel. aquaman 2 and the flash are two of the biggest debacles in FILM HISTORY. dc/warners can't even cast a superhero film without it creating a ton of bad press.

Thanks for your efforts. To be more professional, use the right words. I'm Catholic so I know that the house where nuns live is a "convent" not a covenant or a witch's coven.

Total piece of anti-catholic, Woke, DEI SHIT. Cinematography and Art Direction complete shit. Every frame of the film--EVERY FUCKING FRAME--is a Black, White, Red color palette with a ubiquitous blue filter. The two (presumably) straight, White men are evil and plotting. The gay White man (Tucci) is more moral. But THE MOST MORAL AND HOLY is the Hermaphrodite. GIMME A FUCKING BREAK! Im so fucking sick of Pedowood, Baphomet propaganda.

Awful film

Great review ❤

Another solid movie from legendary Clint Eastwood. And I hope this isn't his last one. Nowadays, when all kind of trash are pushed forward, Clint delivers a real movie with such easiness. Genius, enough said.

Beautiful movie and his performance is just phenomenal!

"Conclave" was a wonderful film, the surprising feel-good movie of the year! I must say, though, if it represents the Sacred College of Cardinals accurately, they are in need of some guidance regarding not backstabbing their colleagues and making voting decisions based on what they know of the candidates and not hearsay. Maybe they could learn something from the Baha'is.

Nov 6 2024 - Just came from seeing it at Lincoln Square in NYC. Absolutely loved it. Walking out the theater I was asking myself - "what's my character? would I always do the moral thing even if its inconvenient?"

Very strange. This movie is on wide release in UK and Ireland.

A Clint Eastwood film deserves to be seen in theatres. I luckily found a Theatre that had it, got on the Metro to see it. Worth every penny! Best film of the year.

its always nice when the algorithm suggest a video from a small channel

I live in Glasgow and I'm gonna see this tomorrow, hyped isn't the word.

The papalcy? Who is this clown

When I heard it was only getting released in ~50 theaters I assumed I would have to wait for streaming, but I did find one theater that was playing it and I saw it tonight. I concur with your thoughts: It is a solidly good mid-budget drama of the sort that we really don't see that much of anymore. Once upon a time, in a far away epoch known as the 1990s, films like this were commonplace and they played theatrically. But these days they are a rare breed. (Though ironically, Keifer Sutherland, who appears here, did star in one of those rare films, though it went straight to streaming: The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.) WB should be ashamed of themselves only giving the film a limited release. They owe it to Clint to really support what might be his last film. He's made a ton of money for them over the years and he's loyal to the studio. If this is in fact his last film, it's a much, much, much better film to go out on than Cry Macho. I'm so happy that wasn't his swan song.

I saw this movie on Saturday then took my husband back on Monday to see it again. Liked it every bit as much on the second watch. I agree with you on every point. Great review by you. Breathless at times. Regarding the music, Hitchcock said the Psycho music added 34% of the dramatic impact. This music was its own character. I appreciated the score as it went from background to foreground. Then to background. I appreciated the ambiguous ending. What Catholic or Christian or human being could argue with the last comment by the new pope, “This is how God made me.” I hope it sweeps the Oscars and encourages quality movies to be made. Julie Schap

Fiennes deserves the Oscar Tucci best supporting Acting and production was excellent all the way around Downside is the “twist” which took away from an otherwise excellent film.

Thanks for the review. I'm a Catholic in my 40's and I saw it with my Catholic mother who is in her 70's and it we really enjoyed the movie. We immigrated to Canada from El Salvador. I'm a physician. So in real life we've interacted with catholic that are represented by each of the different candidates for pope, and the nuns, in the movie. This I think made us appreciated the political machinations even more. The ending though I felt a little rushed. I can already seen Ryan George making pitch meeting video where he says: and in the end it's revealed that the new pope .... Wow it's going to be really hard for him to be pope after that reveal... No, super easy, barely an inconvenience. See he says that the last pope was fine with this, so it's all good. Since it's what was going to be the most controversial aspect from the book, I feel it needed more time to explore the issue, if it was going to be included.

“Christopher Abbot” is ALWYAS good in everything I’ve seen him in man.

Loved this movie, and the ending? The process worked perfectly, as it should.

Religion is politics

Thanks so much for your interesting and professional review. I saw the movie and agree with you. I am a practicing Catholic as well. Hope that Ralph Fiennes finally gets his Best Actor Oscar!

Definitely getting hyped for this one. Hearing great stuff.

I literally can’t wait to watch it

Thanks for the great review Jack. I saw it Friday morning and agree with every word. This is what I wrote on Threads when I came out of the theater: "That was brilliant. Best film of the year. Fiennes will win the Oscar. I'm calling it here. Truly engrossing. Great acting all the way around. Terrific script. Fantastic set and costume detail. Very thought provoking. See it if you can." The ending has definitely already ruffled some feathers, but it worked for me too.