Synopsis
A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.
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Cast
- Eva LongoriaTulita
- Andy GarcíaEnrique Gorostieta Velarde
- Oscar IsaacVictoriano 'El Catorce' Ramirez
- Peter O'TooleFather Christopher
- Rubén BladesPrésident Calles
- Catalina Sandino MorenoAdriana
- Mau KuriJose
- Adrian AlonsoLalo
- Eduardo VerásteguiAnacleto Gonzales Flores
- Nestor CarbonellMayor Picazo
Recommendations
- 63
Chicago Sun-Times
In its use of locations and sets, it's an impressive achievement by director Dean Wright, whose credits include some of the effects on the "Lord of the Rings" films. If it had not hewed so singlemindedly to the Catholic view and included all religions under the banner of religious liberty, I believe it would have been more effective. - 60
New York Daily News
The actor (Garcia), whose banked anger has been a secret weapon since "The Untouchables" 25 years ago, paints a fascinating portrait of a man moved by fate. - 50
Movieline
There's enough froth along the way to keep the memory of Will Ferrell's recent "Casa Di Me Padre" close at hand. - 40
Los Angeles Times
The film is ultimately a stodgy, overblown and repetitive slog. - 38
Boston Globe
Some bad movies can make you feel awful for the people who made them and worse for the audience that shows up. The actors, the script, the camera: There's nowhere good they can go. For Greater Glory is that kind of bad movie: a total embarrassment. - 33
The A.V. Club
With its shameless melodrama, ghoulish violence, and scenes of Christians being slaughtered en masse in holy places for the crime of publicly being Christians, the religious drama For Greater Glory feels an awful lot like evangelical Tribulation dramas such as "Left Behind: The Movie" and "The Omega Code." - 30
Austin Chronicle
Only Ruben Blades as President Calles and Bruce Greenwood as American Ambassador Dwight Morrow get out of this film with their acting dignity intact. - 25
Slant Magazine
The film is awash in blandly brown-toned cinematography, action scenes more violent than rousing, and a whole host of bathetic subplots.
