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starring: Christopher Reeve, Geneviève Bujold, Fernando Rey, Jason Miller, Joseph Cortese directed by: Frank Perry  Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 0086162110832 Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC Label: Fox Home Entertainment Manufacturer: Fox Home Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Fox Home Entertainment Release Date: March 03, 1983 Running Time: 121 minutes Studio: Fox Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: October 22, 1982 Sales Rank: 3012 Related Items: Editorial Review: Amazon.com: One of the all-time great bad movies, a pricelessly funny piece of cheese about a priest who not only breaks his vows of celibacy but gets chummy with the Mafia. Christopher Reeve stars as this upwardly mobile clergyman who climbs to the top, thanks to his assignment handling the Vatican's business affairs. Of course, he's only human--which is why he succumbs to the temptation provided by nun Geneviève Bujold (only to deny her later). An outstandingly awful film, one marked by Reeve's callow performance and a supporting cast (Fernando Rey, Robert Prosky) that should know better. A guaranteed hoot for anyone who ever survived parochial school. --Marshall Fine Average Rating:
 Rating: - This actually could have been akin to the Passion of ChristContrary to popular belief ... there are more than one kind of Catholic. There is the Roman Catholics who demand celibacy of clergy while the seven Eastern Rite (Byzantine Catholics) allows their priests to marry in Europe. Marriage was not a sacrament until sometime around 1000 AD when the Church added it to its list. Why shouldn't a priest be allowed to take holy orders and marriage vows at the same time? When Jesus taught he is referred to as Rabbi in the scripture, which during his day, was a ... Read More Rating: - i can't tell you why but this is a very fun movie if you let it bei don't know why i like it but i do! this is grade a cheese here but it is also a great soap opera, and i though that mr. reeve's acting was good. if you let it i think you may like it. Rating: - Almost a successful filmJust caught "Monsignor" on cable. It seemed to be well-paced in that it didn't drag for me as it did for another reviewer. The plus side is that it shows the worldly side of the Roman Church and how this church might get into financially ambiguous dealings with the best of intentions. The black-market business does seem farfetched; yet there's historical precedent: in the Middle Ages the pope was dealing with Jewish moneylenders while the official Church was condemning usury as a sin. Also, Chris ... Read More Rating: - Chris Reeve - MonsignorI too, found the story to be very far-fetched, 'til I read an article in the Los Angeles Times concerning the American Cardinal that was in charge of the Vatican Bank concerning some 'slight' irregularities of one (financial) type or another. Interesting timing? My ultimate view of the movie is that it was a love story. The love that a man had for his church and for his girl. Never mind that the girl was a nun-in-training. For me, the confrontation scene in the church ... Read More Rating:  - Pure CampExcept for the "shocking" premise, the movie doesn't have much to go on. Suprisingly slow moving considering the supposed drama of the corruption and the affair. Reeve, God bless his soul(pardon the pun)was handed a real doozy of a role. At times reverential to the Vatican,this character slides into a bizarre method-acted version of Gordon Gecko. How this person could ever exist is beyond me. Plus, I never really caught onto why the Monsignor is so ambitiously greedy anyway. Seems as if he would have ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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