Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Crwthod A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

shonagon53-1 I'd have to agree with my colleague from Amsterdam: this movie is horrible. It is disastrous on all fronts: acting, story line, soundscapes and soundtrack, rhythm, cinematography, etc... etc...And now for the bad part. Here we have a man, Father Damian, a character that has literally *everything* you need to make a fantastic biopic: a man with a modest social background living in industrialized Flanders, who suddenly finds himself in "paradise" (the beautiful tropical and lush islands of Hawaii), and who gives everything up to go live with the lepers, and who continuously disobeys his superiors. Really, this stuff is enough to make three brilliant movies with. Everything is there. And these movie makers throw it all away. How can you scr*w up so badly!!? My doggy could do better.The lead actor is some third rate Australian, who has to twist his accent to fake something that doesn't at all resemble a Flemish guy speaking English. This alone makes the entire movie an irritating experience.Really, EVERYTHING about this movie is bad. I could go on. One more example: when they introduce a new character, they zoom in on its feet, then show some trees, and then suddenly Damien turns up and the character returns but out of focus, or somewhere in the background, etc...etc... Nothing in this movie is done right.I'm not going to write anything else. This is pure crap. I don't like Hollywood, but this nonsense sucks ten thousand times more.Someone please grab this story about Father Damien, and turn it into a master piece. It should be a piece of cake.I voted a straight "1", because "0" was not an option.

hamtun This was a magnificent film. I had heard that there were some creative differences between director Paul Cox and other people involved in the film.But this does not seem to affect the film in total. I found it a very moving uplifting film that presents the best the human species can aspire to. Like Mother Teresa and Gandhi Father Damian was probably a pain in the rear to the authorities civil and religious.But that is the way of people who are so sure of their beliefs.David Wenham, who is well known to Australian audiences, showed yet again what a talented actor he is.The international actors who provided cameo roles were all excellent, particularly Peter O'Toole.I've enjoyed Paul Cox's films many times over the years. They often win awards but are rarely major box office winners, But he has the ability to present the best of the human experience. He portrays real emotions and real people.

GoldenOldie This story is quite faithful to the facts of the life of this remarkable Belgian priest who chose to live in a leper colony while still a man in his early 30's even though he knew it to be a permanent assignment and a death sentence.The horrors of the leper colony were conveyed realistically while still giving a focus that would allow all but very young audiences to view it. The bureaucrats, both civil and religious, are well portrayed. -- (Derek Jacobi gives his usual fine performance in one of these roles.)This is a "must see" for anyone who has never heard the story of Father Damien or knows little about the leper colony on Molokai.

Basf-2 The new year/ century/ millennium is still very young, and already I've seen one of the worst movies of the new era! This movie really is a mess! As I understand by the opening credits it's a typical "Europudding", a term my great hero Barry Norman of BBC's film magazine always used for films that were financed with funds of different European countries, and with a lot of different actors from these countries acting together. Usually these films result in an incomprehensible mess of cultural differences, vague stories and the lot. So does this film! I hope and expect that someone somewhere had good intentions when writing and conceiving this film, but then somewhere everything went terribly wrong. The funders should ask their money back! Despite the beautifully shot pictures of Hawaii, the movie is a disaster: the story is un- involving and very moralistic, the acting is very poor and characters are flat and predictable. The music is much too loud constantly. I hope ( and maybe even predict) that this one "goes straight to video", and then is forgotten in some quiet little corner. ( I voted a simple 1!)