For Greater Glory: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 0 reviews

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Rotten Tomatoes: 47 reviews

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Stephen Holden New York Times (Top Critic)

40

The jamming together of so much history and melodrama makes for a handsome movie that is only rarely gripping.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Michael O'Sullivan Washington Post (Top Critic)

38

"For Greater Glory" is at times so heavy-handed that the movie itself seems at war. Unfortunately, the enemy is not just a repressive administration, but the audience.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Wesley Morris Boston Globe (Top Critic)

38

The scenes just plod along without much to help distinguish them. It's not an epic movie so much as an epic run-on sentence.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Nick Pinkerton Village Voice (Top Critic)

It is plodding, lazily filmed, gassy with James Horner's score, and pads its runtime only by way of tolling repetition.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Joe Neumaier New York Daily News (Top Critic)

60

When its passion connects with several strong performances, it transcends a heavy piousness.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

63

It is well-made, yes, but has such pro-Catholic tunnel vision I began to question its view of events.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Ben Sachs Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

As generic as the title, this historical drama spares no cliche in depicting Mexico's Cristero War of the late 1920.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Tom Horgen Minneapolis Star Tribune (Top Critic)

25

If Michael Bay woke up one day and said to himself, "I need to make a movie about religious persecution in 1920s Mexico," I imagine it would look something like this.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Tom Long Detroit News (Top Critic)

25

The result is pretty much as forgettable as the Cristeros War.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Kerry Lengel Arizona Republic (Top Critic)

40

Director Dean Wright and screenwriter Michael Love fail to develop compelling characters or to construct a coherent plot.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Joe Leydon Variety (Top Critic)

Despite enough good intentions to pave a four-lane highway, the ardently sincere but dramatically unfocused For Greater Glory plays like a multipart miniseries that has been hacked down to feature length.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Lou Lumenick New York Post (Top Critic)

38

The sometimes painfully sincere and slow-moving "For Greater Glory" clearly aspires to be inspirational, but history won't cooperate.
Full Review » 1 year ago
William Goss Film.com (Top Critic)

It's the stuff of real life, and of high drama, but Dean Wright's directorial debut translates little of that latter quality to the screen.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Frank Scheck Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

This historical drama about the little-known Cristero War in 1920s Mexico is more educational than involving.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Robert Abele Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

40

Ultimately a stodgy, overblown and repetitive slog.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Justin Craig FoxNews.com

60

"For Greater Glory" takes its cues from a bygone era of Technicolor Golden Age epics and delivers a sprawling political drama steeped in old-fashioned Hollywood romanticism.
Full Review » 9 months ago
Linda Cook KWQC-TV (Iowa)

50

The compelling archival footage, which literally made me gasp aloud, and the incredible, disturbing photos are amazing. Unfortunately, you'll see them only during the end credits of 'For Greater Glory.'
Full Review » 12 months ago
Linda Cook Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

50

The compelling archival footage, which literally made me gasp aloud, and the incredible, disturbing photos are amazing. Unfortunately, you'll see them only during the end credits of 'For Greater Glory.'
Full Review » 12 months ago
Dave White Movies.com

40

It's the kind of now-obscure subject matter that could be fascinating if done well, but here just feels like an obligation. And yeah there's going to be a test, so good luck at not falling asleep in class.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Jim Lane Sacramento News & Review

40

The story deserves a better movie than it gets here ...
Full Review » 1 year ago
Jackie K. Cooper jackiekcooper.com

50

An interesting historical drama that only mildly entertains
Full Review » 1 year ago
Dan Lybarger KC Active

40

Curiously, rookie director Dean Wright can't seem to make a struggle for one of the most basic rights all that interesting.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Mark Olsen Boxoffice Magazine

20

The film's length and muddled message will likely keep it from reaching much of an audience, even within the presumed Latino faith-based target.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Nell Minow Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

59

Full Review » 1 year ago
Susan Granger SSG Syndicate

50

Solemn and fervent,delivering an educational history lesson that defeats itself because of its R-rating.
Full Review » 1 year ago