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Reluctant Saint: Francis of Assisi
Reluctant Saint Francis of Assisi
Actors: Robert Sean Leonard, Liev Schreiber
Director: Pamela Mason Wagner
Genres: Drama, Special Interests
NR     2003     1hr 0min

"Don?t make a saint of me," Francis of Assisi told a friend - even as his charisma and holiness were dazzling his contemporaries and generating a legend that has lasted almost a millennium. "Reluctant Saint" shows us a Sa...  more »

     
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Actors: Robert Sean Leonard, Liev Schreiber
Director: Pamela Mason Wagner
Creators: Dyanna Taylor, Pamela Mason Wagner, Kris Liem, Donald Spoto, Edward J. Murray, George Stelzner, Jeffrey C. Weber, Sven Nebelung, William Spencer Reilly, Andrew Ward
Genres: Drama, Special Interests
Sub-Genres: Drama, Religion & Spirituality
Studio: Vision Video
Format: DVD - Color,Letterboxed - Closed-captioned
DVD Release Date: 01/01/2003
Original Release Date: 04/12/2003
Theatrical Release Date: 04/12/2003
Release Year: 2003
Run Time: 1hr 0min
Screens: Color,Letterboxed
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 1
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)

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Movie Reviews

Not a film--a docudrama
Stephen E. Evans | raleigh, nc United States | 05/07/2007
(3 out of 5 stars)

"I was expecting a biographical film like Brother Sun, Sister Moon. I had read Spoto's book and loved it. However, this is really a documentary, with only brief re-enactments of Francis's life. The bulk of the 60 minute content is clips from interviews with "experts in the field". So this is useful, but not what I would have purchased, if I had understood this before. Not a film--a short docudrama."
Poor
M. DiRaimondo | 08/02/2008
(1 out of 5 stars)

"This film/ documentary did nothing for me, and was a bland and at times inaccurate portrayal of one of the world's Most Loved historical figures. Although I have done a large amount of reading and research on Saint Francis, I can honestly say that you can find out more about his life from "googling" him and reading two random web-pages. It is hard to imagine in 60 minutes any less could be said about St. Francis. Moreover, some of the information was completely false. In my opinion, and this is only my opinion, this film in no way illustrates the Life of a man who merged with God and became a Living Prayer himself. In others words, spend your money else where."