Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!

Supelice Dreadfully Boring

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Wizard-8 There's no doubt that the subject matter of "For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada" - the Cristeros War of Mexico in the late 1920s - could make for an interesting and even entertaining movie. But to tell the truth, I felt kind of unsatisfied at the end. One of the most expensive Mexican movies made (though low budget by Hollywood standards), I will say that the movie (for the most part) looks pretty good. But the movie is saddled with a substandard script. The movie is both too long and not long enough. It unfolds at a pretty slow pace, and there are a number of scenes that could have been eliminated. But at the same time, it doesn't go into detail enough on a number of important points. The motivations of the characters are more often than not vague, and there are a number of unanswered questions for those unfamiliar with this part of Mexican history. While I wouldn't call this movie terrible, it is unsatisfying. Though on a positive note, it will probably get you to do some research about this conflict.

Eradan You can tell that a lot of the people involved in "For Greater Glory" really believed in what they were doing but unfortunately that doesn't cancel out the film's glaring weaknesses. FGG tries to tell too many stories at once and as a result, the entire production seems to meander endlessly without getting to any point. There are, by my count, five major sub-plots in FGG besides the central story of General Gorostieta (Garcia's character). Even at 144 minutes, the movie just doesn't have enough time to deal with all of this material and in trying to do so, it bogs down and doesn't even tell Gorostieta's story all that well. To me, the big change of heart the General had at the end seemed to come out of nowhere.Also not helpful, given that it's a war movie, is that the numerous action scenes are not well paced. Another minor prob was that Eve Longoria was not believable at all as Gorostieta's pious Christian wifey. Yet another weakness was the relationship between Peter O'Toole (as an old priest) and Mauricio Kuri (as a cute, little altar boy). In this day and age seeing a Catholic priest kissing and stroking the brow of an altar boy is freaky to say the least. Unless you're a very devout Catholic, the scenes between them are probably going to creep you out. People of a saltier temperament may laugh at loud...On the plus side, the cinematography is often beautiful. Andy Garcia gives a good performance and has enough screen time to make seeing FGG worthwhile for his fans.

digitalbeachbum This story is a one-sided view of a war in Mexico. It is filled with fabrications and historical inaccuracies. It's nothing more than a pro-Catholic self promoting vehicle filled with overly simplified dramatization of historical events.The only thing which is true about this movie was there were people fighting each other and thousands of people were killed. One side was pro-government and the other side was pro-catholic. Oh and that it took place in Mexico.Overall the movie was a waste of time and resources. It didn't win any awards from the ALMA, though it was nominated for five awards. The amount of money it took in was also less impressive with $9.6 million earned but cost $12 million to make.

I Feito With a meta-critic rating of 35 and a user score of 72 you can assure that there is something fishy going on with the ratings of this movie.This movie, if it can even be called one, is actually a two hour plus piece of propaganda from the religious right (yes, we have one in Mexico) to try to justify the actions of a group of people who started refusing state provided secular education and was handled very poorly by the government.Of course the movie never mentions the numbers of teachers that were assassinated by the cristeros, which started the reaction by Calles' government.Not worth wasting your time on it.