Stigmata

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation (MGM) | Release Date: September 10, 1999

5.4	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 204 Ratings

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Xenophobe114Jun 24, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Frightening and Creepy

I just saw this movie and thought it was a well-done horror flick. It portrayed the powers of Satan in a realistic (not humorous light). Patricia Arquette and Gabriel Byrne both did a fine job. It was pretty heavy on the gore but then again it had to be to get the point of the Stigmata across. I will say this, the director of the movie has a thing about dripping water and dripping blood. When you see the movie you will know what I mean. It's a good horror flick!… Expand

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DiameterApr 27, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The movie revolves about two unrelated concepts between them but they two are related with Christianity, stigmas and apocryphal gospels. Stigmas are the different hurts (five in total) suffered by Jesus during The Passion after to be condemned to death: he was tortured with a whiplash in his back, lacerating it; he was forced to wore a crown of thorns in the head, making it bleed; his hands and feet (it counts as two) were crossed by long nails when he was crucified, and finally (six hours later) a soldier nailed his spear in Jesus' left side to verify that he was dead. As movie establishes, Saint Francis of Assisi (1181-1226 AD) was the first person in history documented to suffer stigmas, replicating in his body the same hurts suffered by Jesus, as well the rest of stigmatized in later centuries, not existing a case about a non-believer suffering stigmas. Apocryphal gospel refers any ancient parchment, papyrus and codex that it talks about Jesus and his followers (apostles) but that it's rejected by thr Vatican with independence of the antiquity and time when it was written (even if it was made when Jesus was alive) if the text questions, contradicts, denies or gives a different version of the official established by the Vatican after Council of Nicaea celebrated in 325 AD, where the 318 bishops reunited by Emperor Constantine the Great redacted Holy Bible as it has been known ahead.… Expand

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DefameApr 28, 2021

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Castor600May 12, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Aims Too High

There's much going on in this Horror Movie, maybe too much. In its effort to make a scary, Mystic, Religio/Politico Film it becomes a bit muddled and ambiguous. The best parts being the Vatican cover-up of Ancient Documents Damming the Church and their efforts, and at all costs, to keep things hush-hush.

It is, if anything, a stylish affair of the Soul, Beliefs and Dogma intertwined with Possession, of sorts, and something about Faith and lack thereof. This is quite a bit to handle and it is obvious that the Style overcomes the Substance as things unfold.

The Movie is not without its energy and some of what comes through about Ancient Mysteries, Languages, and Saints is intriguing. But there is just too much going on here and things tend to get purged of their importance, or for that matter, their meaning.

It is partly effective and has its Charm, is high on razzle-dazzle, and in the end becomes just too leaden and that keeps it from attaining its destination of predetermined lofty heights.… Expand

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Catenary44Jun 7, 2021

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10 of 11 users found this helpful101

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Ocular24Apr 14, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Frankie Paige (Arquette) is a hairdresser with a boyfriend. She may seem like a lot of other girls, but things happen to Frankie -- terrible things she can't understand or explain. And though she has tried everything to make them stop, they're just getting worse. (MGM)… Expand

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Rave104Apr 9, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Cardinal is shown wearing a goatee - this is not allowed for Curial members, especially those living in the Vatican.… Expand

3 of 10 users found this helpful37

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PheromoneApr 7, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Gospel of Thomas is a historical document that some believe to be the actual words of Jesus to his disciples; however, the real-life document was written in Coptic, an ancient Egyptian language based on the Greek alphabet, not Aramaic, as the movie states.… Expand

9 of 37 users found this helpful928

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NazguleroMar 23, 2011

I honestly do not see how anybody can enjoy this. The story is ok, it could be really good, if it weren't for the disgusting and nauseating cinematography. Freakish looking people, ADD/ADHD style editing, it looks like a LSD trip clip madeI honestly do not see how anybody can enjoy this. The story is ok, it could be really good, if it weren't for the disgusting and nauseating cinematography. Freakish looking people, ADD/ADHD style editing, it looks like a LSD trip clip made for MTV. I always wonder what the life of directors looks like who make these films. They cannot possibly be normal and functioning people. Otherwise they would not be able to come up with this superweird crap.… Expand

6 of 54 users found this helpful648

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VanuatuApr 8, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The "Aramaic" Frankie writes on the wall is actually ancient Hebrew, because Rupert Wainwright thought looked more intriguing.… Expand

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UvulaApr 11, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Patricia Arquette's character is named Frankie (short for Frances), similar to the name of the saint, Francis, whom we're told by Gabriel Byrne's character was the first to receive the stigmata.… Expand

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Meth-dudeOct 3, 2017

It's a very competently made movie. The story, although cliché and predicable, was interesting enough, the acting was more than decent and the cinematography was very good. Unfortunately, none of these things could save the movie from beingIt's a very competently made movie. The story, although cliché and predicable, was interesting enough, the acting was more than decent and the cinematography was very good. Unfortunately, none of these things could save the movie from being extremely boring. The weird romance between the main priest and the possessed woman was also very weird and unnecessary. I wouldn't recommend this movie to anybody, even if you are a fan of possession movies.… Expand

0 of 16 users found this helpful016

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JLauSep 12, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A hairdresser with no religious connection is showing signs of the stigmata and after being checked out by a Vatican inspector, they are the transferred signs from a priest who was trying to translate a gospel written by Jesus that the church wanted to suppress.… Expand

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Exemplify78May 18, 2021

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