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Rating: - Voigt-1, Elwes-0
Though pretty standard fare, I cannot fail to be mesmerized by Voigt's performance here as Pope John Paul II. Of course, this comes after more than half the film's gone, and one must endure the ever-annoying Cary Elwes as the young Karol Wojtyla--Voigt only steps in the Shoes of the Fisherman when Wojtyla ceases to be Karol and becomes the pope. His accent, body language and impeccable skills give us shivers, especially in the final acts of the movie. If you have no gripe with Elwes, it is fascinating though a bit 'optimistic' the way the makers evoked the Poland of the mid-20th century, and the war torn Poland that was left behind. As I say, get this for Voigt's performance. As to content and flow, well, don't expect much, even for a low-grade TV biopic: this film really doesn't deliver.

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