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Sometimes the only true struggle is the one within.
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David Morse plays Father John McNamee, a catholic priest who accepts a position at an inner-city church... more | add synopsis
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David Morse ... Father John McNamee
Thomas Ryan ... Father Dave Hagan
Philip Goodwin ... St. Francis of Assisi
Ana Reeder ... St. Therese
Robert Sella ... St. Malachy
Judy Bauerlein ... Sister Mary
Marylouise Burke ... Sister Grace
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Nancy Ding ... Loving Couple
J.D. Jackson ... Kurt
Christopher Kadish

Audrey Kelley ... Cop

Doug Megson ... Young Father Dave Hagan

Sean Oliver ... Young Father McNamee

LauraLee O'Shell ... Maid of Honor

Peter Patrikios ... Drug Addict (as Peter Petrikios)
Charley Scalies

Brian Anthony Wilson ... Loc
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Rated PG-13 for brief language.
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77 min (Sundance Film Festival)
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6 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
Invisible heroism without sentimentality, 14 September 2004
8/10
Author: Robert Bourgeois (rbourgeois01) from Wallingford, CT

David Morse captures without overstatement the persona of a dedicated priest who follows his calling to serve in an inner city community parish. There is no sugarcoating the frustration and sorrow he must embrace in order to love and serve people on the distant frontier between urban poverty and mainstream America. The portraits of the priest, his parish staff, and his parishioners are so true to life that the director must know this scene first hand. No attempt is made to beatify the priest or to create artificial and unrealistic tales of triumph and redemption among his parishioners, and consequently the viewer's experiences of both tragedy and hope arise from what feels like the substratum of true human experience.

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