[Proud_texan]

"Some of the scenes look like they came right out of a Renaissance painting."

That struck me, too. I thought you could probably take just about any frame, put it on canvas and it could hang in a museum.

Otherwise the movie left me completely wrung out and full, all at the same time. The Wednesday 3:30 PM showing, in liberal Austin, Tx, was sold out. The reaction afterwards was typical of what I've read elsewhere, no one moved after the movie was over, most everyone just sat there and afterwards just kind of stood around in the lobby not saying anything.

I think remarkable pretty much sums it up for me.

[TxBec]

I went to the 11:30 showing (the first in our theater) ... it was sold out.

[Liz]

Nice summing up. I will always think of Mary with Maia Morganstern's handsome, strong features rather than the pretty, fair-looking woman we're used to seeing.