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Romero

Play trailer Poster for Romero PG-13,  1989,  1h 45m,  Biography Play Trailer Watchlist
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Archbishop Óscar Romero is reluctant to get involved in a war that rages on between the military elite and guerrilla Marxists in his country of El Salvador. As conditions worsen and more churches are desecrated, however, he finds he cannot remain an observer. So Romero resorts to what he knows best: making speeches. The tenets he preaches are simply freedom and justice, but even so, he is seen as dangerous by the government, and they are ready to retaliate.

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Steven D. Greydanus Decent Films May 8, 2002
A-
Where Romero excels as a film is in its depiction of its subject’s gradual transformation. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 1, 2000
2.5/4
The film's weakness is a certain implacable predictability: We can feel at every moment what must happen next, and the over-all trajectory of the film seems ordained even in the first few shots. As a result, the film doesn't stir many passions. Go to Full Review
Michael Bronski Gay Community News (Boston) Aug 17, 2022
Ultimately effective and moving. Go to Full Review
Antonio Sison National Catholic Reporter May 1, 2019
As the story arc unfolds, Romero, in a state of inertia, is drawn into a gradual conversion experience, not just in a general sense, but in the specific trajectory of a "conversion to justice." Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jul 3, 2005
2/5
Linda Cook Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) Aug 4, 2004
5/5
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Cast & Crew

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John Duigan

Director

Raul Julia

Archbishop Oscar Romero

Richard Jordan

Father Rutilio Grande

Ana-Alicia

Arista Zelada

Eddie Velez

Lt. Columa

Alejandro Bracho

Father Alfonzo Osuña

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Synopsis Archbishop Óscar Romero is reluctant to get involved in a war that rages on between the military elite and guerrilla Marxists in his country of El Salvador. As conditions worsen and more churches are desecrated, however, he finds he cannot remain an observer. So Romero resorts to what he knows best: making speeches. The tenets he preaches are simply freedom and justice, but even so, he is seen as dangerous by the government, and they are ready to retaliate.
Director
John Duigan
Producer
Ellwood Kieser
Screenwriter
John Sacret Young
Production Co
Paulist Productions, Paulist Pictures
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Biography
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 25, 1989, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 27, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$167.0K
Runtime
1h 45m
Sound Mix
Surround
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