The Letters

Disclaimer: I was a small investor in this film (I was cold-called about the film 7 years ago when Bill Riead was in the early stages of making the movie, and decided it was a good project). So I have a small financial interest in this movie.

I add that I am not catholic (nor even religious), and knew little about mother teresa before I saw this film, so I have no connection to the church, or mother teresa's particular cause.

As to the movie, let me start by saying the movie is not a great piece of filmmaking, and has obvious flaws. For example, the narration is stiff and tiresome in places, and the script feels unsophisticated compared to what we're used to these days.

ON THE OTHER HAND, despite its flaws, I found the movie to be quite powerful. I think the professional critics have really missed something here. I find it hard to believe that anyone could watch this movie and not be inspired by what this woman did, under the conditions that she did it. If you don't feel like crying at times, then you must have a hard heart. :-) The suffering of those people was off-scale, as was the personal sacrifice of mother teresa, who had to fight to be released from her cush job as a nun/teacher at a fancy girls school, to give her life to the poorest, sickest rejects of society. We should all be more like her.

I also want to plug some of the acting: I thought Stevenson was strong (within the limitations of the script), but it was many of the Indian actors (previously unknown to me) who stood out as charismatic and excellent.

Bottom line: lower your expectations as to the entertainment value of the film, and go see it for the way it will make you feel. And take your kids -- it's a very good message.

This is the second movie about Mother Teresa I've seen in my lifetime, the first being Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor starring Geraldine Chaplin from several years back. This one goes through similar territory concerning her career of helping the poor but also explores her letters that gets discovered by some present-day cardinals. In those letters, she mentions how lonely and depressed she felt during all those years of doing what she always said was God's work though she never expressed that publicly and in fact, wanted those letters destroyed after she passed on not wanting the burden of being thought of as less-than-thankful for her life's work. My mom watched this with me and we both agreed it was another well-made film about a woman who sacrificed so much during her lifetime. So that's a high recommendation of The Letters.

This film is laughable propaganda. Read Christopher's Hitchens "Missionary Position" and you will understand just how much this "saint" was a despicable fake and fraud.

A beautiful, beautiful film. The message inspires and stays with you. A great movie to watch with the whole family - it will spark some real conversations about your beliefs and how to walk your talk. The actors are phenomenal. Totally believable. How interesting this film is being released now - just when the world needs Mother's message most.

My family has a tradition of going to the movies together after Christmas dinner. I'm going to suggest we go to this one this year. I don't mind seeing it again. It's that good.

Watch what happens in your life in the days after you see this. Miracles may manifest!

In a world full of violence and hatred. This movie comes as a change for compassion and love. Why this movie didn't get higher reviews and ratings in comparison to some of the other violent and hateful movies produced, really concerns me. This is a phenomenal movie. Take your entire family to watch it. Be the greater example for humanity as Mother Teresa was. I invite you to also watch the first version of Mother Teresa's life. This was an awesome film as well. This film will take you through Mother Teresa true life and how she loved unconditionally. How she was such an awesome humanitarian. This is absolutely the best film you could take your family to go watch. The low reviews for this film are very inaccurate. Go watch the movie and see how you will strongly agree.