Stigmata

"The messenger must be silenced."

1999 1h 43m EN

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6.3

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22%

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METACRITIC

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6.2

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★6.3TMDB · 1,315🥫22%Rotten Tomatoes●28Metacritic★6.2IMDB · 75,471

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Synopsis

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A young woman with no strong religious beliefs, Frankie Paige begins having strange and violent experiences, showing signs of the wounds that Jesus received when crucified. When the Vatican gets word of Frankie's situation, a high-ranking cardinal requests that the Rev. Andrew Kiernan investigate her case. Soon Kiernan realizes that very sinister forces are at work, and tries to rescue Frankie from the entity that is plaguing her.

“The messenger must be silenced.”

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Cast

Patricia Arquette
Frankie Paige
Gabriel Byrne
Father Andrew Kiernan
Jonathan Pryce
Cardinal Daniel Houseman
Nia Long
Donna Chadway
Thomas Kopache
Father Durning
Rade Šerbedžija
Marion Petrocelli
Enrico Colantoni
Father Dario
Dick Latessa
Father Gianni Delmonico

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Rupert Wainwright
Writers: Tom Lazarus, Rick Ramage, Tom Lazarus
Languages: English, Italian, Portuguese
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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27 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Italian, Portuguese.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Rupert Wainwright, shot by Jeffrey L. Kimball. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Elia Cmiral. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Michael R. Miller shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Patricia Arquette and Gabriel Byrne and Jonathan Pryce carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The messenger must be silenced.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0145531 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Rupert Wainwright directs. Jeffrey L. Kimball behind the camera. Elia Cmiral scores. Michael R. Miller cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Italian, Portuguese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

127 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Italian, Portuguese.
3Directed by Rupert Wainwright, shot by Jeffrey L. Kimball. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Elia Cmiral. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Michael R. Miller shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Patricia Arquette and Gabriel Byrne and Jonathan Pryce carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The messenger must be silenced.".
8IMDB entry: tt0145531 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 13 themes, including "faith", "vatican (holy see)", "religion and supernatural", "miracle".

The technical file

Cinematography: Jeffrey L. Kimball
Original score: Elia Cmiral
Editing: Michael R. Miller
Production design: Waldemar Kalinowski
Costume design: Louise Frogley
Makeup / hair: Ron Scott
VFX supervisor: Tim McGovern
Sound: Dennis Sands
Runtime: 103 min · 1h 43m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $29,000,000
Box office: $50,041,732
Return: 173% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Stigmata (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes: 22% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 28/100
IMDB rating: 6.2/10 · 75,471 votes
MPAA: R

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6 nominations total

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Wuchak2019-03-14
★ 8/10
The Kingdom of God is within you and around you A hedonistic hair stylist in Pittsburgh (Patricia Arquette) experiences stigmata, the manifestations of the various wounds of Christ, which compels the Vatican to send an investigator (Gabriel Byrne). “Stigmata” (1999) is Christian-oriented mystery/horror, coming across as a meshing of the tone of “Eye of the Beholder” (1998) and the themes of “The Seventh Sign” (1988). But also brings to mind the contemporaneous “End of Days” (1999), albeit more rooted in drama than overblown action thrills. “The Mothman Prophecies” (2002) is another reference point, but the brilliance of the eerie “Mothman” was its confidence in understatement whereas “Stigmata” overdoes it in some sequences, I guess to appeal to those with ADHD. Nevertheless, director Rupert Wainwright knows how to make a flashy, good-looking flick. The simple-yet-profound moral at the end makes it even better and I agree with it wholeheartedly. The film runs 1 hour, 43 minutes. GRADE: B+/A

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