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Rating:  - Mother Teresa
A great Christian family movie to show example for how we may approach others with small bouts of Christianity. Mother Teresa is a great example of how to lead a full life for Christ. The movie shows her life and how she chose Gods way, not man's or the Churches way to help others in humility, not glory.... She never forced her religion, only used it as an example of how Jesus loves us all, no matter what church or religion we belong too... Everyone is a child of God.... Everyone deserves his mercy... She was a true Christian in our worldly world.........
Rating: - The gals will be bawling, get Kleenex!
I thought this might be a great "unknown" movie to watch after a nice "curry" dinner with the family. So I purchased it and previewed it. My husband, depending on his mood, may think it is slow and boring. But I don't know a woman out there that won't love it. It is moving and inpiring and just a terrific little movie to make you realize what a selfish person you are. My gosh, Mother Theresa was a saint. The movie will inspire you to be less selfish and more giving to the needs of those around you. And what a great film to show the kids.
I was afraid it might be in Italian with English subtitles, because I first found out about it surfing the web and stumbled upon a website of the Italian TV miniseries that was so popular and had become a movie on DVD. I was pleased when I discovered all the actors speak in English. This version is entirely English. But you do have the option at the start of the movie to add either English or Spanish subtitles if you want... and because the actors have a sometimes heavy accent, the English subtitles might be nice to know exactly what they say sometimes. The movie was around an hour and a half long.
I'm so glad I own it. I can have a girlfriend's party and we can eat curry and watch it together. I can share it with the ladies at church some evening. And I can rewatch it when I am down and depressed about the stresses of life and it will add a juxtaposition to my perspective on things. Give me cause for, what does that Covey guy call it? - A paradigm shift. Definately!
Rating:  - A Beautiful Film In Which Every Viewer Can Benefit From Watching
Wow, what a nice movie! It exceeded my expectations. Most "religious" films don't have the funding for first-class production values, but this one must have because it looks great.
That beautiful photography throughout the 115 minutes was one of the two biggest reasons I enjoyed watching this. The other was the number of profound truths said by Mother Teresa (Olivia Hussey). This was an inspiring film with some great statements. By the way, those production values included decent acting, too, at least by all of the adults. Some of the kids were so-so, but they didn't have many lines anyway.
What I appreciated what that the filmmakers did not water down the Christian aspect of Mother Teresa's life. Everything she said and did was for God's glory, as she states several times, only trying to please Jesus. Obviously, she succeeded like few others have with an amazing compassion and selfless attitude. There is no ego here, no pride, only what she can do for the sick and poverty-stricken.
This movie can be enjoyed by all. You don't have be a Catholic. I'm not, and I have total respect for Mother Teresa and cannot find fault with anything she said or did. For Believers, this should inspire them to act a little more Christ-like. For non-believers, this story is a great example for anyone who simply needs a nudge to go help someone less fortunate. There is no heavy-handing "preaching," either, for those concerned about that matter.
This is simply a quality film about an extremely quality person whose life should inspire all of us to become better people. This film did a great job in that respect.
Rating: - A beautiful Catholic film
Being a Catholic homeschooling mother of young children who normally do not watch TV, I am pretty picky about the movies I let our family watch. I would highly recommend "Mother Teresa" to any traditional Catholic, or anyone for that matter! I know a little bit about Mother Teresa from reading a biography, and I saw no fatal flaws in the movie as far as from a biographical standpoint, but that is not critical to me. What is critical is that the movie is clean and shows the Church and Saint in a truly Catholic light, and is edifying all around. This film holds to all those standards. It is a wonderful film for a family of children of any age, and is well written and acted to par. Olivia Hussey makes a perfect Mother Teresa, which I was a bit surprised to see since I have only seen her in Jesus of Nazareth and couldn't picture her as the Mother Teresa that I "knew"!
Rating: - Beautiful
Mother Theresa truely has a heart like Christ. This movie is truely inspirational and is very well produced. I loved Oliva Hussey. Fantastic all the way around.
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