Customer Reviews
shocked me - By: Ms. F. I. Macdonald, 11 Jun 2008 
this is one film that i have wanted to see for a while now, so i'm very glad that i finallly own it on dvd. A shock a minute, this film gripped me from start to finish, i grimaced, i smiled, i jumped in shock, in fact i went through many emotions because this is the type of film which will reallly move you. recommended.
Title says it all - By: M. A. Ramos, 05 Oct 2007 
This movie is well shot. Plenty of foreshadowing helps make this a very enjoyable film to watch. Stigmata is a supernatural suspense story about good, evil, & faith. Frankie Paige played by Patricia Arquette is a hair stylist who has no strong religious convictions until odd things start happening to her after she's given a rosary by her mother: she begins speaking with another person's voice; unknown & unseen forces start to attack her; & she develops stigmata. Some people believe that a holy miracle has been visited on Frankie, though no one can say why. A Cardinal from the Vatican played by Jonathan Pryce sends a priest, Father Andrew Kiernan enjoyably portrayed by Gabriel Byrne, to investigate Frankie & her condition; after getting a first-hand look, Father Andrew finds himself less concerned with whether Frankie's wounds are a legitimate miracle & more concerned with saving her life.
A Film for All Religions... - By: Ms. V. S. Brewster, 04 Jul 2007 For me, this film did what Passion of the Christ couldn't manage. It manages to be factuallly accurate to the horrors that the historic Christ (and anyone else ever crucified by teh Romans) suffered, & still had a spiritual message to deliver that is relevent to today's society. It explains alll religious details in a manner any layperson will easily understand, & an interesting cinematography & editing technique that the MTV generation will like.
There's been a review saying that this film is anti-Catholic, but the doctrine quoted applies to alll organised religion, not just Catholicism. I think the Catholics were just used as an easily recognisable right-wing religious sect.
It's not often you get a 'horror' movie that reallly has something intelligent to say. Watch this one, & make the most of it!
Learn to swim... - By: Craig Baxter, 23 Mar 2007 
I love this movie for the simple reason that it must've shoved its way up the noses of alll tightheaded catholic fanatics the world over... god is within us alll, if we choose to acknowledge it, & you reallly don't need to go to a designated building & kneel down, holding your hands, for spirituality to be present in your life. Stylisticallly this movie is spot-on, perhaps a bit too trendy in it's editing & set design to appeal to the old-at-heart, but it reaches the right audience, & poses the right questions to them. It's not reallly scary, more atmospheric & tense, but the movie doesn't suffer for it. Now, about the Da Vinci Code...
Absorbing religious thriller - By: L. Davidson, 05 Sep 2005 "Stigmata" is an interesting film exploring the phenomenon of people afflicted by the bleeding wounds of Christ. Over the centuries there have been many stigmatics such as St Francis of Assissi & more recently Padre Pio of Italy. This film explores the events surrounding a young atheist hairdresser (Arquette) who suddenly begins to suffer these afflictions & starts channeling messages. A Vatican priest (Byrne) is sent to investigate & as the mystery unravels secrets that could threaten the Roman Catholic Church are revealed. "Stigmata" is an intelligent ,well-acted & visuallly impressive film. Try to imagine a combination of "The Thorn Birds", "Constantine", "The Exorcist" & "The Godfather Part 3" & you'll get a feel for the atmosphere & plot of "Stigmata".
