From the start, I feared this movie would land in a ditch and it did. The story is basically about how a charlatan used a troubled young girl's trauma to launch a fake religious scam on a group of gullible Catholics. Along the way, we meet the hysterical heroine at the center of the charade. She is all too aware that she did not see the "Virgin Mary". It turned out it was her friend at the foster home who did. Now the friend is volunteering in Syria for the UN. How the "adults" involved allowed this troubled young woman to starve herself to death is beyond child abuse. But hey what can you expect from the RCC, Roman Catholic Corporation. Certainly not concern for the lives of the children trapped in their faith. The whole thing was a tawdry mess. Too many obscure sub-plots to mention here. I still have no clue what the damaged icon of the "Virgin Mary" had to do with the whole thing.
The problem is that the acting is good. And it really leads you down the garden path gradually sucking your in, because it seems to be a mystery which can and should be solved. But no, the director/writer failed utterly to deliver any satisfaction to the audience, the minimum any movie owes its audience. Instead we get some pathetic philosophical drivel that people "lost their way" leading to the death of the would-be saint. If there were a god, there would be no reason to be coy about it. He, she or it would just perform some wondrous things for all to see, and we would all become believers. But it is abundantly clear that there is no god. Just look at the misery of the lives of most humans on the planet. On the other hand, god may exist but is powerless, i.e. no-god or is not interested in kindness, caring or love, all the things that make life worth living. Save yourself 2 hours and 15 minutes and take my word for it that you do not want to watch this waste of time.
The problem is that the acting is good. And it really leads you down the garden path gradually sucking your in, because it seems to be a mystery which can and should be solved. But no, the director/writer failed utterly to deliver any satisfaction to the audience, the minimum any movie owes its audience. Instead we get some pathetic philosophical drivel that people "lost their way" leading to the death of the would-be saint. If there were a god, there would be no reason to be coy about it. He, she or it would just perform some wondrous things for all to see, and we would all become believers. But it is abundantly clear that there is no god. Just look at the misery of the lives of most humans on the planet. On the other hand, god may exist but is powerless, i.e. no-god or is not interested in kindness, caring or love, all the things that make life worth living. Save yourself 2 hours and 15 minutes and take my word for it that you do not want to watch this waste of time.