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Kathleen-Indigne
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Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999)
Not a great but a very good movie
11 May 2005 - 1 out of 6 users found this review helpful.
Father Damian is maybe not the greatest movie I've ever seen but certainly not one of the worst like some people would like to suggest. David Wenham does a good job impersonating the Flemish priest and stays believable to the end. I had to get used to the accent but after listening carefully to it, I found it believable enough not to bother me. Most of the other characters are well balanced (some better than other). Peter O'Toole was just brilliant in his role. Looking at the names of the actors in the film, it was clearly a film made with "compromises". Luckily, it all turned out OK. All in all I liked this film. It kept me interested until the end - however predictable it is (we all know the story here). A film worth looking at.
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