Great acting and astounding cinematography keep me from getting too upset about the ending. Once that character was introduced I thought “it would be too much of a dumb hollywood thing to make them the new pope” and that was before the strange, almost non-sequitor final twist.
It occasionally had things to say about the role of faith in our lives, and I appreciated that. Would have loved more but I will take what I can get. Usually the discourse is either just “faith is for idiots, ah ha hah. I say!” or “THIS IS PROOF THAT GOD IS REAL AND HE LOVES WHAT I LOVE AND HATES WHAT I HATE but also he hates good writing and acting I guess”
It feels like an Argo kind of year at the Oscars.
