I'm not going to bother watching the review at this time but I will say, after seeing it, that I think this film covers bother sides.
The film features both Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon, well-known Hollywood lefties as well as R. Lee Ermey, a Hollywood conservative.
And both sides are portrayed.
Penn, as the remourseless killer who deserves to die, Sarandon as the bleeding heart liberal nun who wants to save him, and Ermey as the slain girl's father who wants and deserves to see justice served.
Hollywood doesn't make movies like this anymore. Everything has to be totally one-sided.
Klavan’s review hammers Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn and Tim Robbins pretty hard, in a good natured kind of way. He has a great line about how he thinks God is above politics: God even loves liberals; Klaven doesn’t understand HOW God can love liberals, but he is sure that God does. The burden of the review is how a group of nutball leftwingers could still end up making what Klaven regards as a great Christian film. Reality is conservative, and talented artists, if they are honest, will be pushed that way if they tell honest stories about real people and real moral challenges.
I’ve not seen the movie so I appreciate hearing what others have to say.