Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Documentary
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2012
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Alex Gibney explores the charged issue of pedophilia in the Catholic Church, following a trail from the first known protest against clerical sexual abuse in the United States and all way to the Vatican.
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Rated:
TV-14
Runtime:
106 min
Release date:
16 Nov 2012
Country:
US, GB
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Won 3 Primetime Emmys. 7 wins & 8 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
The case has been widely reported but this is still an important film, laying out who knew what, and when. It's chilling: the conspiracy of silence goes all the way to the Vatican.
– Cath Clarke,
Time Out,
14 Feb 2013
fresh:
It feels a bit like a monster movie. It is, too.
– Stephen Whitty,
Newark Star-Ledger,
16 Nov 2012
fresh:
In the end, decades of such crimes going undetected and undeterred under the aegis of one employer - any employer - speaks for itself. And the extraordinary perseverance and courage of the men from St. John's speaks louder still.
– Farran Smith Nehme,
New York Post,
16 Nov 2012
fresh:
Partly an inspiring saga of growing "deaf power" and human resilience, and partly a murky and fragmentary drama about an immense, closed-minded bureaucracy with paranoid and conspiratorial tendencies that finds itself unable to adjust to the modern world.
– Andrew O'Hehir,
Salon.com,
15 Nov 2012
fresh:
There is something to be said for a clear and unblinking recitation of facts, and thankfully Mr. Gibney does a lot of that.
– A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
15 Nov 2012