Agnes of God [Region 2]
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In Theaters : 13 September, 1985 |
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Agnes of God [Region 2] description
This Broadway hit gets a solid film treatment by director Norman Jewison, but that can't make up for the weaknesses of the script (which were as true onstage as they are here). Jane Fonda plays a chain-smoking shrink sent to a convent to do a psychological evaluation of a novice (Meg Tilly) who gave birth to a baby and then killed it in her little room. Was it a virgin birth? A miracle? And what of the bloody stigmata that seem to spontaneously appear on her hands? Fonda also finds herself clashing with the Mother Superior (Anne Bancroft) over the line between faith and science. But writer John Pielmeier can't flesh this out beyond an idea; in the end, the solution is a disappointingly earthbound one that even the strong acting in this film can't elevate. --Marshall Fine |
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Agnes of God [Region 2] Customer Reviews
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Meg Tilly is astounding as Agnes
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| I admire the work of both Anne Bancroft and Jane Fonda in this film, but it's Meg Tilly, whose work I previously had seen only in The Big Chill, who steals this picture as the troubled innocent who is the central character of this drama of the clash between science and faith. Agnes' final speech, when she tells the story of the man who visited her over the course of several nights, still gives me chills. I'm sorry that Tilly hasn't had more roles. |
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