Release 2010

Critics score:
14 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: A predictable yet poetic reflection on faith, hypocrisy and the weight of conscience. Read more

V.A. Musetto, New York Post: You'll soon be wishing to be released from your theater seat. Read more

Tom Huddleston, Time Out: Perhaps the biggest problem is that there's nothing we haven't seen before: shower room shenanigans, cruel wardens and holy innocents marching towards an unconvincing date with destiny. Read more

Ronnie Scheib, Variety: Swoony [and] ill-digested. Read more

Michelle Orange, Village Voice: The solemn themes and dead-earnest execution soon drag an unusual spin on an old story of intolerance into the dank generic gutter. Read more