-By Warner Todd Huston
Robert Koehler of Variety is upset at Director Mark Pellington over his new film, “Henry Poole Is Here.” He can’t believe the audacity of a movie with religious themes actually having religious themes in it. Why it’s a crime, you see. Koehler is so upset that he blurts out the memorable critique of, “not since ‘The Passion of the Christ’ has a mainstream Hollywood product insisted so firmly in faith”!
Wow, “insisted” firmly in faith? Oh, the humanity. Why there oughtta be a law!
You can just feel the anguish that Koehler has that this director dared to feature religious conversion, religious discussions, and a serious attempt to legitimize faith in his film. Of course, to Koehler, that fealty to faith absolutely must be at the expense of science. In fact, he sees “jabs at science” at every turn in the flick. Koehler is entirely incensed that anyone dare make a movie that presents belief in God in a positive light as a force that can affect “growth” in people. The outright hostility that Koehler has for religion is shocking. It has to be seen to be believed.
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