Review of Last Rites

This movie is fun. When the voluptuous horny girl gazes ravenously at the half-clothed Tom Berenger in his chaste, priestly bedroom, he tells her "I can't touch you, I'm a priest." But he doesn't seem to be convincing himself and he certainly isn't convincing her.

The movie doesn't take itself seriously, and the story line is insanely convoluted, but if you can't quite make sense of it all, it's still fun. It's bloody and violent and sexy and funny.

We have betrayal and passion and incestuous jealousy and Mafia loyalties and hookers and an old priest whose stuttering is miraculously cured upon finding the aforementioned voluptuous girl naked in the priests' shower. I think this is about the most fun you can have with a popcorn bowl in your lap. Highly recommended as a chick flick, but I can understand that anybody who doesn't find a half-naked Tom Berenger sexy might not like the movie.

If you're looking for a heart-stopping thriller-mystery, this ain't it. If you want a good chick-flick drama with a little adultery and a few cold-blooded murders and a totally-unexpected-yet-strangely-satisfying-and-unsettling ending, I recommend Last Rites.