Disgusting

Yeah unconventional. I was liking it up to then. Maybe still but not sure why they had to end it like that.

I thought the twist was brilliant.

it was all for shock value, which sucked, because the rest of the movie was quite well written


If anyone's interested, I reviewed the movie on my youtube channel. Appreciate any feedback. Trying to improve -https://youtu.be/kkyb4LtwV-Y

Spoiler below :

My take is that the Pope-Elect was intersex - meaning, not exactly one or the other - which would be an interesting 'edge case' for a patriarchal religious order.

Which goes to the fact that nature is more complex than our traditions were ever comfortably/simplistically set up to accommodate.

I didn't find it disgusting at all. It involves an intersex person who all his life was a man with male sex organs and all. It wasn't until his 30's, when he had an appendectomy that it was discovered he also had ovaries and a uterus. This was not known until then. It wasn't his fault, he was born that way. As with intersex people, they can present more of as a male or more as a female. From what the Cardinal said, it was not known that female organs were present until the surgery. But he was a man bcz he also had male organs. This movie wasn't about being trans and pretending to be a man. I thought it was a thought provoking film. It may not be accurate about what actually goes in on in the conclave bcz it's always been private and sequestered. But to me it shows the divisive nature of humans and the politics of the side of liberal and conservative beliefs. It depicts back stabbing, lies and bad dealings. These are what bothers people bcz we hold men of God to higher standards. We don't want to think that this actually happens. That's what I left the theater feeling.

That's just, like, your opinion, man.