"Stigmata"

"If there is a lesson to be learned from "Stigmata," this is it: Never send your daughter a rosary stolen from the corpse of a recently deceased saintly priest who for mysterious reasons had hidden himself away in a tiny village in the hinterlands of Brazil. Don't even think about it." ( KENNETH TURAN, Times Film Critic)

From the first rate performance  Patricia Arquette in gave in "Rangoon" I knew that if anyone could pull off this role she could. I was not disappointed.  The story is in many ways similar to the "Exorcist" with which it has been often compared, but in fact the reason for the possession and the lesson to be learned from it, in this modernized story is quite different.

The pace of this movie is right out of MTV.  Most scenes or takes last 2 seconds or less making this a 90's exorcist on steroids.  A fast paced movie without those long lingering shots of the "Blair Witch Project".

Stephen Van Lydegraf

9/12/99