Review – Monsignor

The creators of this picture must have pinned a copy of the Ten Commandments to the wall and then set about the task of finding ways for the lead character to break every one of them. A priest (Christopher Reeve) serving as an Army chaplain guns down a squad of German soldiers. As if in reward, he’s assigned to the Vatican, where he concocts a scheme to raise money for the church by stealing cigarettes and selling them on the black market. By the time the movie finally grinds to a halt two hours later, he’s done everything from arranging shady deals on the Sabbath to having sex with a nun (Genevieve Bujold). Honestly, I’m surprised they didn’t trot an ass into the plot at some point just so he could covet it. Though the picture appears in parts to aspire to Godfather status, all it really achieves is to make sinning appear remarkably dull. See if desperate