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For Greater Glory

For Greater Glory (Cristiada)

2012

Dean Wright

Andy García, Oscar Isaac, Mauricio Kuri, Eva Longoria ...

5.5

740

Drama. War A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.

	Author	Review
United States	Lou Lumenick New York Post	The sometimes painfully sincere and slow-moving "For Greater Glory" clearly aspires to be inspirationlal, but history won't cooperate (...) Rating: ★½ (out of four)"	NEG
United States	Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"'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 (...) Rating: ★½ (out of four)"	NEG
United States	Joe Leydon Variety	"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"	NEU

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