The movie isn't as bad as I feared, but I can't give it much of an endorsement, either.
– Walter V. Addiego,
San Francisco Chronicle,
30 Jan 2009
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The Pope's Toilet entertains, even while it illustrates how the impoverished can adjust their religious ideals out of desperation.
– Aaron Hillis,
Village Voice,
8 Apr 2009
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The Pope's Toilet cloaks religious critique in the scrappy tempo of irremediable poverty and irrepressible enterprise.
– Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
8 Apr 2009
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Watch it now, and you'll be surprised how such a little movie can cut so deeply to the bone.
– David Fear,
Time Out New York,
8 Apr 2009
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The cast of pros and amateurs provides realistic performances, and co-director Charlone's lensing makes beautiful use of the rough landscape in a movie even the pope would enjoy.