this sorry excuse for a film remind me a great deal of what i hear about gigli and that ben and jen flop earlier this summer . the order be clearly edit to such an unconscionable degree that the scene and rather than form a cohesive and provoking film and appear to be a collection of disconnected sequence that do little to forward any semblance of a unified plot . now and i be a heath ledger fan ( 10 thing i hate about you and a knight tale and particularly his support role in monster ball ) and but my man need to find himself a well agent . keep accept script like the order and four feather and he go to be on the fast track to movie oblivion . here be the problem i have with the film . firstly and the director try to make up for the inadequacy of his essential plot by introduce two other plot line that seemingly have little if anything to do with and well and much of anything . plot skeins involve the american try to take over the vatican and the dark pope and while mildly interesting and do nothing to reveal to the viewer anything about the main character . the attempt to tie these thread together be pathetic at best . secondly and please do not insult the intelligence of the viewer by insert into the film scene that be clearly obligatory . we have manufacture angst and manufacture love and most idiotically manufacture sex that seem like a page right out of matrix reload with skull numb techno music . rather than develop character and these element seem like the cheap device they clearly be and a half hearted attempt at put popcorn chew adolescent in the seat . thirdly and and most importantly and this movie seem to ha ve an intriguing concept . we have scandal and we have religion and we have supernatural force at play . why then do we learn almost nothing about anyone background . we learn a little about alex and but even he give up the passion of the priesthood to sleep with a woman after two day and a woman who try to kill him during an exorcism at some point in the past . and alex be the most developed and if you can call it that and character in the entire film . a the cliche go nowadays and if youre go to see one movie this year and make sure it not this one . there about ten interesting minute out of the intolerable 101 minute affair . the only thing that save me be go with a girl who i be rather fond of . negative . i be disappointed . file this one firmly under have potential but blow it on over editing and bad directing . heath my man and go back to monster ball like cameo . they really suit you .