Plot: Robin Williams is a voyeuristic priest with an affinity for sexual humor and little boys. An engaged couple fall victim to his mindgames and spiral into a horrific, depraved dreamscape.Why is this a contender for Best Movie. Ever?
If there is one thing that makes this movie perfect, it is its subtlety. It would have been typical of the ingrained industry writing machine to have this movie be a run-of-the-mill comedy with romantic sentimentality thrown in. Okay, so it does have that, but it also adds another crucial ingredient for making this the all-time classic that it is. This movie is one third psychological thriller. Once the amiable cliche-riddled introduction gets out of the way, Robin Williams takes his character to uncharted waters; the notion of a priest spying on a couple's sexual activity is perhaps one of the most controversial, yet commentative scenes in the movie. Williams' young sidekick, played by star-in-the-making Josh Flitter, is altogether chilling as he masters the exact mannerisms of pure evil and imbues the film with the most nightmarish qualities possible. Mandy Moore and John Krasinski were real troopers to sign onto such an ugly, deceptive movie such as this, but their performances are extremely good throughout, considering the amount of emotional weight they must have had to endure to pull some of the scenes in this off convincingly.
Best scene: John Krasinski's epic massacre of a burning church full of robed cultists, hellbent on murdering his unborn child.
An early scene, before things get nasty.
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