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Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

As a person raised in a strict Catholic community it warmed my heart to see this movie. I wish it was shown at every Catholic church in the world because the acceptance and forgiveness in this movie is more in keeping with the teachings of Christ than the hate that is spewed by the sheep in his name. How anyone could think this is anti-catholic when it is all about what it means to be a real follower of Jesus and about God's love for all his creations. The only unbelievable thing was that the mother would be able to forgive herself and accept her children when the reality is many Catholics will reject and harm their children rather than question their self-serving dogma.

One of the worst, most intellectually dishonest and ignorant movies I've ever wasted time on. The "characters" are caricatures, the plot relies on clichés from beginning to end, the ignorance about the Catholic Church borders on bigotry, the ending is so contrived, yet so predictable, and the talents of some very good actors are wasted in this miserable "comedy"."Enlightened" religion apparently condones adultery, abortion and homosexual relationships. A "Catholic" priest presides at a gay wedding, the Archbishop of Dublin travels to California to present the Catholic mother of the year award and give the winner "absolution" forever - ah come on. What makes this movie especially reprehensible is the portrayal of the mother as morally obtuse, rigid and hypocritical because she herself had an abortion and can't deal with her own guilt. I have known many parents concerned about their children who do not deal with them the way this "Catholic" mother does. But the movie is not concerned with real people: it's interested in a message communicated in stereotypes. It could have been so much better, had it been much more true-to-life and honest. It's propaganda masquerading as "entertainment".

The reviews I've read miss the entire point of this script, IMO. KT's character has lived most of her life trying to earn absolution for an act any Catholic woman, and most women who are mothers, would never be able to forgive themselves for (never mind one's political position on choice). She's dedicated her life to good works in her local diocese toward this end and, as a result, is offered the possibility of "complete absolution" of her sin by the church. After 30 years of attending confessional to absolve herself of her petty sins -- taking the lord's name in vain; doubting tenets of her faith -- this possibility of forgiveness for what, as a woman, is unforgivable, means everything to her. When that clashes with the realities of her family situation (gay daughter, divorcing adulterer son, husband who can no longer tolerate her self loathing and resultant intolerance), she must traverse a lot of emotional territory very quickly, because if she wants the absolution she thought mattered most, she has little time to make the case to the Church she has the "right" Catholic family, when everyone she loves needs her forbearance for being who they are, and none of them judges her or, if they knew the facts, would readily forgive her for her One Great Sin.There are clunky scenes, but I loved this story and these characters. (And wish NYT ratings were easier to navigate and edit).

The movie world hasn't gotten bad enough I guess. I have barely seen a good movie for a long time come out of Hollywood. This one is, to me, just awful and thrown together, not as a story, but a few scenes to push someone's obvious disdain across about something they passionately hate. In this case, this is a person with a tremendous hatred for the Catholic Church....It is one of the worst films to come along in ages. And, by the way, incorrect in every way. The film contains all the usual anti-Catholic prejudice, invented and targeted humor, it touches purposely on all of the areas of concern in society such as premarital sex and homosexuality, abortion theme and some bad language. Just anything an anti-Catholic, anti-intellectual movie company could possibly gather together to make a film...It doesn't fool me though, it didn't change my feeling at all about my church....Shame on this.