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Mary G
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Posted: Dec 07 2009 at 5:18am \| IP Logged

Wonderful St. Nick

put the best movie in dh's shoe ... John XXIII: The Pope of Peace.

This is one of those made in Italy movies that is in English or Italian ... the Pope is played by Ed Asner who is amazing in it (who'd a thought?) and really does a great job of the Blessed John's life and philosophy ... the history of the times and the point behind Vatican 2 (which often gets lost in the pro/con arguments of how it was carried out).

This is a definite must-see for all 10 and up (altho my 7 year old really likes it). The movie bounces around a bit ... with lots of flashbacks ... but is so well done that you soon get the rhythm. It's long -- 200minutes -- but a great family movie!

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Posted: Dec 07 2009 at 6:44am \| IP Logged

Thanks for the heads up, Mary!

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Posted: Dec 07 2009 at 3:15pm \| IP Logged

Mary G wrote:

Wonderful This is a definite must-see for all 10 and up (altho my 7 year old really likes it).

I definitely agree. This is probably the best movie we've seen this year. My dd and I enjoyed it so much - we then watched it again with DH. (I covered dd's eyes near the beginning because of a gory WWI scene). When my DS and his friends were here over Thanksgiving Break, we all watched it together and they were glued to it.

It is very well done as Mary describes and we learned a great deal about Europe during that time frame.

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Posted: Dec 10 2009 at 8:52am \| IP Logged

thanks Mary, I just put it on our Netflix Queue!

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Posted: Dec 10 2009 at 2:53pm \| IP Logged

Thanks for the recommendation. I love John XXIII!

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