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Francesco
Directed by
Evgeny Afineevsky
TV-14
2020
1h 56m
Documentary
5.9
71%
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Through his work on climate change, immigration, religious tolerance, and other issues, the Pope has embodied the meaning of inspired leadership.
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Pope Francis
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Benedict XVI.
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Sheikh Hasina
Francesco Ratings & Reviews
St. Anthony Messenger
Sr. Rose Pacatte
Francesco is a live-action, illustrated version of the pope's agenda for serving humanity and bringing the peace of Christ to those who suffer.
Catholic News Service
Hosea Rupprecht
With a running time just under two hours, Francesco is quite long for a documentary. But, among other things that sustain viewer attention, Afineevsky uses news headlines and posts from the @pontifex Twitter account to great effect.
POV Magazine
Pat Mullen
Jesus wept.
rogercatlin.com
Roger Catlin
Filmmaker Evgeny Afineevsky says he had unfettered access to the Vatican, and the result is the utmost positivity.
Killer Movie Reviews
Andrea Chase
[P]resents a man who seems too good to be true. And yet, what this pontiff chooses to say and do makes you want to believe. And even if you can't, might just provoke the question in ourselves about why we can't believe.
Quelle Movies
Raquel Stecher
It's a sympathetic documentary that does much to present the Pope in the best light... [yet] serves as a great primer to Pope Francis' life and work
FilmWeek (LAist)
Claudia Puig
A Vatican-sanctioned, pretty worshipful documentary, and yet I still found it worth watching because of the breadth of the issues that the pope is concerned about.
Newport This Week (RI)
Loren King
If you don't know much about the life and work of Pope Francis, or even if you think you do, [Francesco] is an eloquent primer and reminder.
America Magazine
John Anderson
Afineevsky's message is that Francis is precisely the pope we need in what has developed into a golden age of wickedness, of capitalism run amok and of craven political opportunism.
Backseat Mafia
Rob Aldam
Whilst it jumps around a little too much, you can't fault the craft involved or the focus which is almost universally away from theology and centred on modern global issues.
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Thelma Adams
The documentary highlights his environmental activism and his conviction that rather than building walls between different people, we should erect bridges of understanding and amity.
CNN.com
Brian Lowry
The stirring nature of this Pope's actions is accompanied by equally stirring filmmaking trappings, the point where it's easy to wish that Afineevsky would dial down the music and other elements that play like a promotional video.
San Francisco Chronicle
G. Allen Johnson
Afineevsky doesn't ask the tough questions, despite scoring a one-on-one with Pope Francis, bits of which are sprinkled throughout the film.
New York Times
Ben Kenigsberg
Judged strictly as a movie, "Francesco" comes across as shapeless and secondhand - a missed opportunity to present a closer look at the daily work of being pope and perhaps to demystify elements of the papacy.
Los Angeles Times
Carlos Aguilar
Even if one can't argue with its distilled message of loving thy neighbor, "Francesco" just serves to remind us of all the horrors unfolding simultaneously.
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