Fresh
It's like a David Lean remake of Pink Flamingos.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
The Devils
Hell holds no surprises for them.
1971 · 1h 54m · R
Drama, History, Horror
Directed by
Ken Russell
Overview
Father Urbain Grandier’s unorthodox views of sex and religion make him a polarizing figure in 17th-century France. His outspokenness has amassed a passionate following of nuns and a respected reputation for protecting the city of Loudon from corruption. Grandier’s influence is then undermined following a sexually repressed nun’s accusation of witchcraft.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
76%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Reed carries the film with an admirably restrained portrayal of the doomed priest. Redgrave, on screen only sporadically, is stunning as the salacious sister.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
It's a see-through movie composed of a lot of clanking, silly, melodramatic effects that, like rib-tickling, exhaust you without providing particular pleasure, to say nothing of enlightenment.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
No matter how thickly Russell piles on the masturbating nuns, tortured priests and dissolute dauphins, there's no getting round the fact that it's all more redolent of a camp revue than a cathartic vision.
Time Out
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