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25 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanMeticulous staging and Piccoli's world-weary presence balance any silliness, making the issues here feel relevant and real. The method is not pointed political satire but gentle enlightenment.
- Nanni Moretti's tender, funny and timely Vatican romp entertains, but lacks the director's customary bite.
- 70The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneWhat really grips the new movie, for all its amused glances at Swiss Guards and ceremonial pomp, is the prospect of a single soul in crisis. [9 April 2012, p.85]
- 63Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerSlant MagazineAndrew SchenkerNanni Moretti's latest is a mixed bag that too often settles for easy, superficial laughs.
- 60Boxoffice MagazineRichard MoweBoxoffice MagazineRichard MowePiccoli in a role that relies on looks, gestures and very few words, does not hit an off note, making him into a silent, everyman figure.
- 50Village VoiceMelissa AndersonVillage VoiceMelissa AndersonUntil the potent concluding scene, the humor and shallow profundities of We Have a Pope pivot on the cuteness of geriatrics, especially when they're spiking a volleyball in slo-mo.
- 50The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayIt's a shame that a movie about the pope as a man shows such scant fascination with the actual papacy - or with humanity, for that matter.
- 40Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichThe satire becomes more scattershot and strangely cuddlesome (didja know sequestered holy men enjoy socializing and playing sports, just like us?), while the usually great Piccoli-saddled with a ridiculously contrived failed-actor backstory-comes off like an unholy mix of Gérard Depardieu and Robin Williams at their sad-puppiest. That's some cinematic blasphemy, Moretti.
- 40The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawNanni Moretti's new film is occasionally amusing, but is also a frustrating and directionless experience.