first the easy part represent this movie be pretentious crapola . it put me in mind of magnolia . and then i think wow somebody make a movie even dumber and more irritating than magnolia . i know nothing about the polish brother and but this film seem to have be make by someone who learn a lot in film school but know nothing about storytelling . the trite plot element and sledgehammer symbolism be bad enough and but the dialogue be just pathetic . detailed comment would just be a laundry list of failure . the part that be suppose to be funny or satirical be not while the elegaic part be nice coffee table picture with mediocre music while the emotional part be simplistic . the bad thing be that the movie show no love at all for the character and except for a little cornball dignity in the priest . i still can not believe the respect some people have give this picture .