The negative review is informative, so I'll remove one star in light of that. However, the tensions between the various characters, as well as between science and faith, are depicted very well. I was mesmerized from beginning to end. One can quibble about facts and there is a time for that, but in matters of faith, the main point is that Bernadette didn't lie and the movie reinforces that very well.
There are many people, believers and non-believers, who can't accept Mary's role in Christianity beyond her earthly life but Lourdes, along with the Fatima and Guadalupe appearances, shows that Mary has appeared to ordinary, even simple, people who couldn't have made up their accounts.
There are many people, believers and non-believers, who can't accept Mary's role in Christianity beyond her earthly life but Lourdes, along with the Fatima and Guadalupe appearances, shows that Mary has appeared to ordinary, even simple, people who couldn't have made up their accounts.