Oh, My God, Darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A Real Catholic Movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                       Let's get one thing straight.  "Conclave" is NOT "The Song Of Bernadette."

                                     No one in this film has visions, throws themselves, cross like, on the church floor before the cross of Christ, and there are no vindictive nun offering up poverty and suffering as a one-way ticket to heaven.

                                        Still, to my mind, this is the first such film since "Spotlight," which won the 2015 Oscar for "Best Picture," and seldom has it been awarded so justly.  But "Conclave" could make that kind of history too.  With a cast headed by Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci and John Lithgow, plus Isabella Rossellini repeating her mother generations later in playing a good nun, the acting is fast and furious.

                                            The visuals are ritualistic and repetitive, as befits a film of this nature.

                                            But, girls, the outcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                             I will not reveal it, but I will say that the message here is for the church to be more forward thinking, which is a good idea, but as for what they come up with--

                                               Not in OUR lives, darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                               Maybe a generation or two, but not now!!!!!!!!!!!

                                                Still, one should see "Conclave."  We have come a long way from "The Trouble With Angels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

                          But never forget, darlings!  When it comes to Catholic movies, THIS is the real thing!!!!!!!!!!!!!