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Stigmata is my first DVD movie experience. I'm glad I rented it and didn't pay full theater price to see this schlock fest! Stigmata is entertaining, in a super dumb kind of way but when you start thinking about it, this movie is truly terrible! Pure trash. Good looking trash, though. The title is misleading. Frankie (Arquette) doesn't really experience a true stigmata phenomena but a possession, like The Exorcist, which, for no given reason, manifests itself first as over the top stigmatas. The stigmata moments are ludicrously violent and inexplicably powerful (almost derailing a subway train!?! Yeah, right!).
Arquette is possessed by the spirit of a dead priest for the most unconvincing reason, a stolen rosery (that belonged to the priest) sent to her by her mother! The film is an insult to anyone with any intelligence, but it's really insulting to Catholics. Stigmatas are the manifestation of Christ's suffering on the cross via the body of the person who is a true believer in the faith. In the movie, Arquette is violently tossed and thrown in every direction like a rag doll, not because she's feeling Christ's pain or because she's a devout Catholic but because she's possessed by the spirit of the priest, who, for no given reason, is capable of creating and using stigmatas to catch Arquette's, the Priests' (and the audience's) attention, all for his life long purpose: he wants to bring down the institution of the Catholic Church with newly discovered words presumably spoken/written by Christ, that are dangerous to the Vatican's existence. Uh? Is this supposed to be good, something to cheer for? Also, why didn't the dead priest try to expose the Church when he was alive? How can the spirit of a mortal priest create stigmatas, something only divine spirits can do? The whole film doesn't make any sense.
One only has to listen to the Director's comments on the DVD to realize that they had no clue over what they were doing or had any respect for anything. Wainwright's comments have to be heard to be believed. It's so hilarious. The best thing about the DVD. He confuses the film's setting between Pittsburg and Boston. If the director can't get which ever city the story was taking place in, it's no wonder Stigmata is has dumb as it is.
Stigmata is my first DVD movie experience. I'm glad I rented it and didn't pay full theater price to see this schlock fest! Stigmata is entertaining, in a super dumb kind of way but when you start thinking about it, this movie is truly terrible! Pure trash. Good looking trash, though. The title is misleading. Frankie (Arquette) doesn't really experience a true stigmata phenomena but a possession, like The Exorcist, which, for no given reason, manifests itself first as over the top stigmatas. The stigmata moments are ludicrously violent and inexplicably powerful (almost derailing a subway train!?! Yeah, right!).
Arquette is possessed by the spirit of a dead priest for the most unconvincing reason, a stolen rosery (that belonged to the priest) sent to her by her mother! The film is an insult to anyone with any intelligence, but it's really insulting to Catholics. Stigmatas are the manifestation of Christ's suffering on the cross via the body of the person who is a true believer in the faith. In the movie, Arquette is violently tossed and thrown in every direction like a rag doll, not because she's feeling Christ's pain or because she's a devout Catholic but because she's possessed by the spirit of the priest, who, for no given reason, is capable of creating and using stigmatas to catch Arquette's, the Priests' (and the audience's) attention, all for his life long purpose: he wants to bring down the institution of the Catholic Church with newly discovered words presumably spoken/written by Christ, that are dangerous to the Vatican's existence. Uh? Is this supposed to be good, something to cheer for? Also, why didn't the dead priest try to expose the Church when he was alive? How can the spirit of a mortal priest create stigmatas, something only divine spirits can do? The whole film doesn't make any sense.
One only has to listen to the Director's comments on the DVD to realize that they had no clue over what they were doing or had any respect for anything. Wainwright's comments have to be heard to be believed. It's so hilarious. The best thing about the DVD. He confuses the film's setting between Pittsburg and Boston. If the director can't get which ever city the story was taking place in, it's no wonder Stigmata is has dumb as it is.