Kidnapped

"A classic in the making (...) this is a full-tilt melodrama that lays bare tyranny, bigotry and the abuse of power in the Catholic church (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"[It] hides a bleak and bracing message inside lovely old costumes and sumptuous set pieces and this double nature will serve the film well both at home in Italy and abroad" 

"It is an expertly paced, gorgeously shot and evocative true story of faith, family, and the power of people coming together to right deeply ingrained wrongs (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"Powerfully enraging real-life drama of Vatican abduction of a Jewish boy (...) The story of Edgardo Mortara, removed from his family by the Catholic church in 1850s Bologna, is told with elegant restraint by veteran director Marco Bellocchio (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"That sense of the spectacular infuses the whole film, not just the grand interiors and rituals of the church services. Even in the Mortaras’ apartment" 

"A handsomely mounted period drama that is epic in visuals rather than theme" 

"This barnstorming historical thriller is juicily told but psychologically sketchy(...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"