The Priest

Name: The Priest
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2019-11-11

Documentary26m

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Storyline

"If a person doesn't go to church anymore, then the church should go to them," says Rinalds, a calm, smiling, young man with a good sense of humor. He is a priest from a small village in Latgale, Latvia's easternmost and poorest region, and the documentary Prīsters (The Priest) follows the routines of his daily life, his thoughts of life and religion and why he chose this path for himself.

Details

DirectorsKatrīna Tomašicka, Laura Meļķe

ReleasedNov 11, 2019

StatusReleased

Original languageLatvian

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

0 fresh · 7 rotten

Critics consensus

“Sleek and stylish, but those qualities are wasted on a dull, derivative blend of sci-fi, action, and horror.”

16% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

Anna Smith

RTmetro.co.ukAug 24, 2018

It's just a shame this world is populated with such one-dimensional, humourless characters.

Sandra Hall

RTSydney Morning HeraldAug 25, 2011

Bettany is a great actor who does melancholy very well, he also has a sense of mischief. It would be nice to see it shine a bit before it, too, fades to grey.

Philippa Hawker

RTThe Age (Australia)Aug 25, 2011

Its visual style veers between bleached desert tones and slimy undercover dankness, but the 3D version is undistinguished.

Brian Eggert

RTDeep Focus ReviewJun 7, 2023

It seems no matter how hard star Paul Bettany tries to establish himself as an action hero, he keeps choosing poor scripts.