[MaryFromMichigan]

"What interests me as a movie critic is the profusion of people who do not understand or care how to evaluate a movie."

How kind of her to enlighten us.
How condescending.

[Rocko]

"What interests me as a movie critic..."

Does Jami understand that everybody is a movie critic; only some of us are paid for it?

[laconic]

I agree that her physical appearance should be irrelevant. What is relevant are statements such as only devout Christians and nuts will go see this film (I didn't see any "nuts" among the 400 or so that packed my showing but there were people attending that I spoke to who said they weren't religious but much appreciated the film). Also, if you look at her past loving comments on gratuitously violent/sadomasochistic and meaningless movies, she's changed her tune 100% in reviewing the documentary-like Passion. The Catholic League for Decency website (I don't know how to post it) has an excellent article regarding Bernard's past movie reviews and her sudden Puritanism when it comes to violence.