Padre Pio

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Padre Pio

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2023

1h 44m

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As events surrounding the first free election in Italy threaten to tear a village apart, Padre Pio struggles with his own personal demons, ultimately emerging from his spiritual anguish to become one of Catholicism's most venerated figures.

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Tonally unbalanced and burdened with a distracting Shia LaBeouf performance, Padre Pio is one of Abel Ferrara's less divine works.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

01/31/2024

3/5

The sins and injustices of the outside world find terrible expression in St Pio of Pietrelcina’s body and imperfect expression in Ferrara’s 22nd feature.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

01/28/2024

2/5

Any authenticity is skewered by the decision to shoot in Italian-accented English, meaning that much of the dialogue sounds as hammy as a leg of prosciutto.

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Jonathan Romney

Financial Times

01/26/2024

2/5

Padre Pio is an unholy mess.

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Arthur Goyaz

Loud and Clear Reviews

08/07/2024

3.5/5

Ferrara uses the absence of light as a presage of fear and terror [...]. This is how Padre Pio effectively plays with the audience as well; when a scene gets darker, it gradually escalates into something strange, sinister even.

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Joshua Polanski

Boston Hassle

07/05/2024

Padre Pio, ironically, is too reverent and uncomplicated for a biopic on the canonized firestarter.

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Victoria Luxford

City AM

01/29/2024

1/5

Confused and unsatisfying, Padre Pio had the potential to be a gripping religious biopic in the vein of Martin Scorsese’s Silence. As it is, two once-promising talents squander an interesting premise, with the audience being taken to cinematic purgatory.

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Bob M

@BobbyGoBoom Apr 20

I am a Catholic and I went into this with some apprehension considering the reviews. Totally unfounded and I strongly suspect reviews being disingenuous. The movie was beautiful and the depiction of Padre Pio was absolutely powerful and to my knowledge extremely accurate. The visions, the demonic attacks, the bilocation, the stigmata, the reading of souls, etc, etc. part of the movie depicts the rising communist movement and it does so tastefully without being cartoonish. The shots are beautifully artistic and done really well. Bravo.

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James S

@RT85214260 Oct 26

Honestly as a Christian and a film maker of 10 years I completely feel like this movie failed itself, the story was odd and disconnect, the mystery behind Pio was never revealed nor the link between his church and the other story going on with socialism, terrible writing and communication of a story , and shaking a camera doesnt make your movie grittier or more real just stop, terrible. Disappointed they wasted shia’s talent on a none story

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Terry D

@RT75242982 Aug 16

A beautiful movie start to finish

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Jennifer M

@RT29798547 Jul 14

More about the socialist party issues than Padre Pio. Very disappointing !

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AMS D

@RT36331398 04/03/2025

Absolutely an amazing movie. ✝️

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Mukta T

@Brujohuji 03/22/2025

This movie received lower ratings not because it is bad movie but because most of movie critics and generally people today are agnostic.

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Synopsis

As events surrounding the first free election in Italy threaten to tear a village apart, Padre Pio struggles with his own personal demons, ultimately emerging from his spiritual anguish to become one of Catholicism's most venerated figures.

Director: Abel Ferrara
Producer: Philipp Kreuzer, Diana Phillips
Screenwriter: Maurizio Braucci, Abel Ferrara
Distributor: Gravitas Ventures
Production Co: Apulia Film Commission, Interlinea Films, Maze Pictures, Carte Blanche Film, Rimsky Productions
Rating: R (Brief Nudity|Some Violence|Language)
Genre: Biography, History, Drama
Original Language: Italian
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 2, 2023, Limited
Runtime: 1h 44m