Stigmata: Critic Reviews

30%

MovieWeb: 1 reviews

22%

RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews

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Stephen Holden New York Times (Top Critic)

20

At first seems to be about the Second Coming but turns out to be a half-baked anticlerical screed.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Desson Thomson Washington Post (Top Critic)

Is there an eighth deadly sin called 'narcissistic direction'?
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jay Carr Boston Globe (Top Critic)

All the Aramaic in the world can't save it from its own pounding slickness.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jeff Millar Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

Unless you are an admirer of splicing, production design and cinematography, there's not much point in seeing the film.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Philip Wuntch Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

The movie definitely needs cinematic first aid.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

50

Stigmata is possibly the funniest movie ever made about Catholicism.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Barbara Shulgasser Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

25

Tom Lazarus and Rick Ramage should be ashamed to have written such nonsense!
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jay Boyar Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

Even after watching Stigmata, I'll be damned, so to speak, if I can explain it!
Full Review » 12 years ago
Moira MacDonald Film.com (Top Critic)

Ludicrous plot and even worse dialogue!
Full Review » 12 years ago
Tom Keogh Film.com (Top Critic)

How several good actors got talked into this movie is a mystery.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Mary Elizabeth Williams Salon.com (Top Critic)

A leaden exercise in what can go wrong when movies attempt to explore mysterious forces with dated special effects and easy symbolism.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Ted Anthony Associated Press (Top Critic)

Worth a look, even if you walk away a bit offended by the viscera and blasphemy it depicts.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

70

A shameless guilty pleasure!
Full Review » 12 years ago
Wesley Lovell Apollo Guide

68

The story is a bit far-fetched and many of the situations feel forced, but, overall, its moral questions bear examination.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Judith Egerton Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

38

Not only does Stigmata revel in anti-Vatican jabs that will offend religious-minded people, it goes over the top with its bloody Exorcist-style story.
Full Review » 8 years ago
John J. Puccio DVDTown.com

50

...a cathedral of cliches. Can a church sue a movie?
Full Review » 10 years ago
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality and Practice

A supernatural thriller about a Vatican conspiracy to suppress an Aramaic text that could shake the foundations of the church.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel 3BlackChicks Review

60

You really wouldn't rush out to see this, wait for the video.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Duane Dudek Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Why make a movie bound to insult someone else's faith? Has Hollywood run out of ideas that simply insult our intelligence?
Full Review » 12 years ago
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com

75

Surprisingly serious and intelligent food for thought about faith and supernatural phenomena.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Steve Rhodes Internet Reviews

13

Never coming close to achieving the level of laughably bad, the dry and ludicrous Stigmata never rises above painfully bad.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Steven Boone Citysearch

A film this dramatically inept doesn't test your faith in the Papacy nearly as much as it troubles your faith in movies.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Dustin Putman DustinPutman.com

38

Plays out its bag of tricks, continuously growing more and more ludicrous with each passing moment.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Athan Bezaitis Filmcritic.com

60

An entertaining and eerie adventure!
Full Review » 12 years ago
Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com

40

This girl could make millions doing Band-Aid commericals.
Full Review » 12 years ago