{"id":5896,"date":"2006-01-02T22:51:51","date_gmt":"2006-01-02T22:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/01\/critic-of-the-yearnot.html"},"modified":"2006-01-02T22:51:51","modified_gmt":"2006-01-02T22:51:51","slug":"critic-of-the-yearnot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/01\/critic-of-the-yearnot.html","title":{"rendered":"Critic of the Year…not"},"content":{"rendered":"

Questions continue to crop up about Harry Forbes, one of the film reviewers employed by the USCCB. First came the Brokeback Mountain <\/em>affair, the final act of which – a heavily redacted review – is summarized by Jimmy Akin, here.<\/a> (And just a reminder…Victor Morton<\/a>, Rod Dreher, <\/a>and Steven Greydanus<\/a> have all written at length about this film.)<\/p>\n

Next up is Woody Allen’s new film, Match Point<\/em>, of which Christian critic Jeffry Overstreet writes:<\/p>\n

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I don’t expect much from Woody Allen anymore except amoral depictions of infidelity. He seems to have resolved to laugh off the idea of sin and consequences. In fact, Match Point <\/em>is the darkest, most amoral film of his career, basically laughing at anyone who values their conscience.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Overstreet goes on to take apart Forbes’ review of Match Point, <\/em>finishing up by asking the question:<\/a><\/p>\n

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So, is it now the perspective of the U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops that a movie\u2019s perspective \u2014 whether moral or nihilistic \u2014 is something worth noting, but really not all that important? If a film that tells us there is no God, that if we should take a gamble and seize all the pleasure we can grab… should we go around recommending this title to our friends and neighbors?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Again, bishops: Greydanus and Morton. Tag Team. You could not<\/em> do better. Trust us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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