In 'The Two Popes,' Jonathan Pryce and Anthony Hopkins deliver virtuoso performances as fictionalized versions of popes Francis and Benedict. Peter Travers' review
The film makes a few attempts to sketch in the lives of the two men before their rise in the church hierarchy. Bergoglio remains tormented by his failure to take action against Argentina’s military oppression in the 1970s, when those who resisted were made to disappear. For Benedict, it’s his participation in Hitler Youth during his seminary years that comes back to haunt him.impresses not just for its stimulating intellectual byplay but as a movie that really moves.
Ultimately, this Netflix movie rivets and resonates through the performances of its two lead actors. The rigor and bracing wit of McCarten’s script shows how problem-priest scandals and political intrigue challenge the faith of these two popes. But it’s really their human fallibility that draws us to them. Through their miraculous performances, Pryce and Hopkins show that building walls is the real unforgivable sin.
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