Critics often call biopics overly adulatory of its subjects “hagiographies,” but “The Letters” is an actual case for sainthood on behalf of its protagonist, Mother Teresa. As an opening scene recounts, the Catholic nun (played by a wrinkle-free Juliet Stevenson) allegedly cured one woman of cancer. But the Vatican requires a minimum of two miracles for sainthood, and thus efforts to canonize Mother Teresa have stalled since her death in 1997. “The Letters” strives to restart the nun’s candidacy for canonization. Written and directed by William Riead (“Island Prey,” “Scorpion”), the feature is as dramatically comatose as it sounds, focusing.
- 11/24/2015
- by Inkoo Kang
- The Wrap
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