Film Forum: I Scream II Scream
What Christian film critics are saying about Scream 3 and other top-grossing films.
By Steve Lansingh | posted 2/01/2000 12:00AM
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The serial-killer drama The Talented Mr. Ripley barely held on to the tenth spot this week, but could experience a resurgence next week when the Oscar nominations are announced if the film received several nods as expected. A new Christian review from
Movies & Ministry this week certainly adds to the acclaim; editor Doug Cummings recommends Mr. Ripley as a depiction of "the psychological turmoil that our materialistic society often produces and illustrates the failure of external routes to inner healing." While many
earlier reviews have cited Tom Ripley's immorality as a reason to avoid the movie, Cummings expresses sympathy for this "tragic figure who never realizes that personal transformation doesn't lie through deception and denial, but through the yearnings of his lost, neglected soul."
Steve Lansingh is editor of
thefilmforum.com, a weekly Internet magazine devoted to Christianity and the cinema.
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