Benedetta

IFC Films | Release Date: December 3, 2021

6.6	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 37 Ratings

USER RATING DISTRIBUTION

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

Watch Now

Stream On

Expand

Review this movie

VOTE NOW

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Please sign in or create an account before writing a review.

Check box if your review contains spoilers

0 characters (5000 max)

User Reviews

User score By date Most helpful

arostislavnaDec 8, 2021

Immidiately from the opening scenes the set feels artificial, and lacks the extras to make it believable. It is only until Benedetta goes to the sisterhood that the set becomes more natural.

The story itself is erratic, and tough to followImmidiately from the opening scenes the set feels artificial, and lacks the extras to make it believable. It is only until Benedetta goes to the sisterhood that the set becomes more natural.

The story itself is erratic, and tough to follow along, and because of that it becomes a Lesbian of God taboo proto-porn - and well, frankly... texts and documentation from the 17th century probably were just as descriptive about Benedetta's sexuality then too.… Expand

1 of 2 users found this helpful11

All this user's reviews

JLuis_001Dec 23, 2021

I can't help but wonder how does it work when a film is trying in every possible and obvious way to be provocative and disruptive, and yet fails to achieve that goal for the simple but crucial reason that the viewer is simply not impressed orI can't help but wonder how does it work when a film is trying in every possible and obvious way to be provocative and disruptive, and yet fails to achieve that goal for the simple but crucial reason that the viewer is simply not impressed or shocked by it?

Therefore, another important question arises: Are its qualities more valuable to viewers who are shocked by its subject matter and images?

And if so, is that a strength of the film for those viewers, or a weakness for others like me?
I'm confused.

Paul Verhoeven delivers a sufficiently polished film. Especially in its visual aspects, even in the face of the apparent simplicity of its mise-en-scène but basically its qualities outside of that, neither provoke a real reaction, nor say anything noteworthy.
Or at least I admit it didn't in my case.… Expand

1 of 2 users found this helpful11

All this user's reviews

Mauro_LanariJun 11, 2023

(Mauro Lanari)
Sex, money and power there where one accesses after a triple vow of chastity, poverty and obedience. The film recalls how at the time the religious or consecrated choice was rarely made by vocation and much more often by(Mauro Lanari)
Sex, money and power there where one accesses after a triple vow of chastity, poverty and obedience. The film recalls how at the time the religious or consecrated choice was rarely made by vocation and much more often by necessity, moreover the history of monastic, cloistered and priestly life is full of erotic events of every "gender". But is Verhoeven interested in this? If he is "allergic to any form of Manichaeism, [positioning] himself in the shaded areas of desire and faith" (Marzia Gandolfi), he would have done better to select a story different from that of Benedetta Carlini, which has not come to us with documents that confirm his doubts (there is Manichaeism even in skepticism to the bitter end), from vocational veracity to the stigmata, from miracles to visions (very far from the visionary nature of Ken Russell): it is he as director and not the reports we have received about the nun that insinuates lies, manipulations, ambiguities, deceptions, scams, by collapsing mysticism and mystification with inserts taken haphazardly by Joan of Arc. "Written with David Birke, after the habitual Gerard Soeteman gave up for creative differences" (Federico Pontiggia). From materialist atheist to materialist atheist: fundamentalism sucks in any càse.… Expand

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

All this user's reviews