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Reeves: "Spirituality" is a word that I really don't feel is something to apply to Constantine. If is, it's very humanistic—as it always is, obviously. It's more "flesh and blood" than spiritual. These characters seem alienated from their families, from each other, and John is clearly alienated from God. Do you think that is meant to mirror some alienation manifest in our own society?

Weisz: The breakdown of the relationship between man and God, and the breakdown of nuclear families—society is moving more and more toward very alienated individuals. Individuals are on computers all day, and they're not interacting with other human beings, not being part of a church, not being part of a community. People are alone and alienated.

So yes, I think the movie is holding up a light to something that's happening in the world, even though it's a completely supernatural kind of story. But it is the world, isn't it? It's a world with supernatural edges that take over. I would say [the movie's] a comment on that.

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