The greatest movie ever!

Beautiful, moving film.

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

I say it was a wicked movie because i'm in one of the scene - I'm in the scene with the school kids and i was right next to the camera when the character was asking the class what was a "gibas moon" or something like that. We had to do so many do overs because some of us kept staring at the camera - (I admit i was 1 of them :-) ) and another scene we had to kick the ball what was on the poll thing - i don't really know what it was but it was one of the Inuit sports. I think the movie was great because they took the time and effort to make the movie and i've watched it like 20 times - i was like 7 when me and my brother and some of my friends went to the movie seen and it took like 10-14 hours for us to actually get the perfect clip to put on the movie. ... ... -Ryan Michael _____________ >>>>>>>>>>>>> <<<<<<<<<<<<< -------------

In Lives of the Saints, Sophia Loren proves why she has remained at the top of her game for over 50 years. Her brilliant performance as Teresa Innocente was nothing short of astonishing. Just watch the scene where young Vittorio and Cristina board the bus, and when the mature Vittorio confronts her about the painting. Loren conveys raw emotion that is gripping and entirely believable. If she doesn't receive a Gemini or Emmy award for this performance, it is an injustice. Fab Filippo also gave a remarkable performance. I haven't seen Filippo in anything else but I hope this film springboards him into higher profile roles. He is a performer to watch.

First of all, I must applaud Sophia Loren and Sabrina Ferilli for their impeccable performances! But the movie was... "eh." It could have been so much better. The story had a lot of potential but the movie was just too weak. Although Fabrizio Filippo's(who is v. gorgeous, btw) talent is evident, as much as I wanted to, I didn't sympathize with his character, Vittorio. As a matter of fact, I didn't sympathize with most of the characters in this movie. The movie had a very good, intriguing start with Loren and Ferilli. Then as the movie progressed, the story just became cold. A lot of information was lacking, the pace became too fast later on in the movie that the viewers were never really given a chance to care for any of the characters. Especially Jennifer Pare's character, Rita. How unlikable. She was just portrayed as an incestuous turbo-skank. I thought this was going to be another "Thorn Birds," but it just ... stunk. I'm sorry Fab(call me!), Sophia, Sabrina. It had an outstanding and an extremely talented cast, but this movie blows. Daryl Duke, who is a fellow Canadian and the director of "Thorn Birds," should have directed the movie. He could teach Jerry Ciccoritti a thing or two about film-making. I must also blame the writers. *shudder* What a disappointment.

"Lives of the Saints" is definitely finer than any of the feature films I have seen in the past year. Yes, those who are expecting CGI spectacles and light-hearted entertainment would be disappointed, but not those who look for something that attempt to confront life with all its confusion and complications, especially for people torn between two cultures. There is no "good guy vs bad guy" in this film, as there is none in real life. Rather, everyone is a full human, flesh and blood, with likable and repulsive character traits. Fabrizio Filippo gave such a solid and charismatic performance in the leading role--I'd definitely like to see him feature in some high profile film. The character of Rita, however, is less convincing I find--a flaw due primary to the script and less to Jessica Paré. Nonetheless, this is definitely one of those films which try to reach out for something more than prescribed clichés on which 95% of movies nowadays are constructed.