Diagonaldi Very well executed

StunnaKrypto Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie

Seraherrera The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

DrGerbil I am surprised at what poor reviews this film has gotten. I myself liked it very much.It's very irreverent, very politically incorrect, and I can see where it would offend a lot of people. However, I didn't think it was mean-spirited at all, and it encourages us to think about our faith and what spirituality means to us.I enjoyed seeing Woody Allen out of his comfort zone--wearing Western clothes, and as a character named "Tex"--and, although I am sure that this film didn't make much money, I thought it was adorable.I hesitate to recommend it, though, since it is a very very dark comedy. One of the cast members (I think Fran Drescher) compared it to "It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World." I would definitely avoid it if you're offended by anyone poking fun at religion.

Thomas Husum Jensen Maria Grazia Cucinotta as the prostitute Desi and David Schwimmer as the priest Leo and their conflicted love story was the best thing in this movie. But unfortunately it's not enough. Woody Allen is boring and unfunny, and both Kiefer Sutherland and Cheech Marin had nothing to work with. The problem with this movie is the script, by Bill Wilson (XI). The persons in the movie doesn't work. He puts one-liners in some scenes where they don't make any sense and therefor makes the persons look silly. Actually the personality of everyone, besides Desi and Leo, are as deep as paper. The best part of the movie is the love story between Maria Grazia Cucinotta and David Schwimmer and it would be great to see a love story just between those two again with a well written script, because they looked great together. and they worked in the script until near the end, where the movie collapsed. But David Schwimmer and Maria Grazia Cucinotta saved this movie.

Kim Loughran It's lucky for David Schwimmer that Fran Drescher and Woody Allen were alongfor this loony ride, otherwise he would have had to take all the blame. The idea was crazy, the direction spliff-guided and the script lame. But the ACTING!Woody does his stuttering, furrowed-brow, hands in the air schtick, but this is the umpteenth time and it is no longer just annoying, it's pathetic. Fran Drescher had one day, max two, on the set and treated it as a summer camp romp,demonstrating ably that some people can build a career and a fortune on asingle act. Unfortunately, that act is on a TV set somewhere a million miles from this movie. But David Schwimmer!!?!! Oy-vey! He has one look (sensitive, troubled), onetone of voice (ordering pizza on the phone) and no clues. Again, good luck to him for making a pile from being a Friend, but an actor he ain't. Kiefer Sutherland does his best with a stupid role but still doesn't convince as comic actor. Sharon Stone is great, but doesn't have more than a couple ofminutes on screen. But people -- this isn't a movie for watching. It's a movie for lying down, eyes shut, and hoping it will go away.

tfrizzell Very silly nickel and dime effort that still has a big-name cast, but suffers from a stupid story and an unclear tone. Woody Allen is a butcher who kills his wife (Sharon Stone) one day after she is caught in the act of infidelity. Allen then chops the body up and buries it in the New Mexico desert, but one of her hands pops up again. An old blind woman trips over the hand and regains her sight. It must be a miracle, right? Well small-town mayor Cheech Marin thinks it is and a media and crazed fan circus starts to the dismay of Catholic priest David Schwimmer (who was hoping to have his church closed down and having a sexual relationship with beautiful prostitute Maria Grazia Cucinotta). Naturally other religious people (nun Fran Drescher in particular) come to the small community and try to keep the miraculous power of the hand from being cheapened. The events continue to get strange as Allen re-surfaces and tries to get the hand back in order to keep local sheriff Kiefer Sutherland from having evidence in Stone's brutal murder. The puzzling events are also too much for town doctor Alfonso Arau (who also directed) to figure out. Some of this may sound rough, but this is a pure comedy that goes strictly for laughs all the way. Arau, Mexico's unofficial answer to Woody Allen, struggles through with uninspired direction and a screenplay that is just not very intelligent. The movie toes delicate subject matter and pokes fun at situations that really are not humorous at all. Some big names in the cast (most are little more than television stars though) are not enough to pick up the pieces in this unintentional mess. 2 stars out of 5.