Recommended. So . . . let’s ignore the casual inaccuracy (and downright fabrication) scattered throughout The Two Popes. Focus instead on a tale of two, deeply spiritual, clergymen, equally devoted to a vision of a categorically opposed future. Then ask, is The Two Popes a reasonable picture of such high-ecclesiastical drama? Put this way, The Two Popes succeeds admirably. Perhaps it's director Fernando Meirelles (The Constant Gardner) narrative strengths but I think more likely it’s the instincts of two wily old pros, perhaps having played this out before. Jonathan Pryce (Evita) - - the more charismatic, soon-to-be Pope Francis - - hides a guilty doubt that, as leader of the Argentinean Jesuits, he failed to adequately oppose the Junta. As the more ritualized and authoritarian Pope Benedict, Anthony Hopkins (Nixon) wins us over with his surprising conciliation to progress. Their exchange reminds us of a time when shepherds cared more about their flock . . . than harvesting the lambs.
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