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Constantine's Sword
Directed by
Oren Jacoby
Not Rated
2008
1h 33m
Documentary
,
Biography
7.1
87%
77%
5.8
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An exploration of the dark side of Christianity, following acclaimed author and former priest James Carroll on a journey of remembrance and reckoning.
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Cast of Constantine's Sword
Oren Jacoby
Director / Writer
James Carroll
Writer
Constantine's Sword Ratings & Reviews
Seattle Times
John Hartl
Jacoby and Carroll make their case skillfully, carefully excerpting key scenes from Lenny (with Dustin Hoffman doing a Lenny Bruce monologue on anti-Jewish prejudice) and The Robe.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Bill White
Less a history lesson than Carroll's personal odyssey through the opposing powers of church and state.
Oregonian
Stan Hall
Not precisely journalistic, as a personal chronicle writ large it is a stirring, richly intellectual work.
Los Angeles CityBeat
Brent Simon
This exceedingly contemplative work is both topically important -- warning of what happens when military might and religious fervor are mixed -- and intellectually stimulating as all get out.
Baltimore Sun
Michael Sragow
With so much ground to cover, Carroll's own story must hold everything together. And it just about does, because it's inherently fascinating.
One Guy's Opinion
Frank Swietek
Though Carroll's presentation is unquestionably oversimplified...his points are well-taken and worthy of serious regard.
HollywoodChicago.com
Adam Fendelman
Former priest and author James Carroll is simply pointing out that the use of cover up and propaganda -- whether it's aimed at another religion or another country -- is still represented at the point of a sword. That sword is shaped like a cross.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Constantine's Sword speaks provocatively to history and our moment.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
The breadth of Carroll's scholarship and the depth of his religious understanding strengthen his assertion that our misadventure in Iraq is the beginning of a new holy war.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
But I ramble. So does the movie, in an insidiously fascinating way.
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Whatever your persuasion, you'll walk out enriched.
Monsters and Critics
Ron Wilkinson
James Carroll goes on a crusade of his own, exposing the hypocrisy of politically motivated religion and the violence of the evangelical Jihad in our own Colorado Springs.
EURWeb
Kam Williams
A powerful documentary which makes the case that the faith-based fanaticism that has destabilized the planet has been fueled as much by the West as by radical Islam.
Hollywood Report Card
Ross Anthony
Overall, rather disorganized and uneven as a documentary, but always passionate, intriguing and certainly pertinent.
Los Angeles Times
Robert Abele
The movie covers an immense amount of shameful historical ground, but the soft-spoken Carroll's mission is less about winning an argument than prodding true believers
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
The movie raises important issues, but it provides few answers as it moves along in uninspired, talking-heads fashion.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
At once enthralling and troubling...does about as good a job as you could hope of distilling a 750-page historical examination of religious zealotry and power into 95 swift minutes.
Decent Films
Steven D. Greydanus
Riddled with historical distortions, at least some of which seem agenda-driven, perhaps even more or less deliberate.
Variety
Ronnie Scheib
Oren Jacoby's magnificent, thought-provoking essay film Constantine's Sword examines the unholy alliance between organized religion and military power.
Village Voice
Jim Ridley
[A] searching, intellectually lively documentary.
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