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‘Conclave’ - film due out around now.

(18 Posts)
Witzend Fri 29-Nov-24 22:52:57

Sissier in the US saw it recently and said it was brilliant, and there was an excellent write-up in today’s Times - saying Ralph Fiennes deserves an Oscar.
We will definitely be going sometime next week.
IIRC it’s based on Robert Harris’s novel.

Sarnia Sat 30-Nov-24 08:46:45

I love the cinema and will going to see it. I only hope I can look beyond Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort to accept him as a cardinal! I have read the reviews and it looks like an Oscar nomination is on the cards. He is a wonderful actor.

GrandmaKT Sat 30-Nov-24 08:51:03

Was looking forward to this, but, for some reason they aren't showing it at our (recently revamped) Vue! confused

Bakingmad0203 Tue 03-Dec-24 16:57:00

Just come back from seeing it! My DH and I really enjoyed it, though maybe a little far fetched ending. Great acting by everyone. I am now going to read the book, to see how close the film was to the story. It has introduced me to another author which I haven’t read before- Robert Harris.

Esmay Tue 03-Dec-24 17:06:47

It's on my list .
I've just seen Paadington Bear !
Most of my friends enjoy kids films ,
but Conclave is a bit too serious for them .

Witzend Tue 03-Dec-24 17:42:47

Saw it this afternoon, highly recommended. Very gripping, and Ralph Fiennes is brilliant. If he doesn’t get an Oscar there will be no justice in this world.

Witzend Tue 03-Dec-24 17:44:17

PS, the novel was offered on my Kindle the other day for 99p!
It’ll be interesting to see how the book differs from the film. 🎦

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Tue 03-Dec-24 17:49:38

A book club friend saw it last week. She raved over it said Ralph Fiennes is magnificent in it!

Chocolatelovinggran Tue 03-Dec-24 17:51:01

Oh Bakingmad, you have so much good reading awaiting you - Robert Harris is a great writer.

NanKate Tue 03-Dec-24 17:54:46

Saw Wicked yesterday, overlong, but good singing and dancing routines. Jeff Goldblum excellent, he was in the last 45 minutes.

Waiting for Conclave. Love our new cinema, small but perfectly formed 😀.

Dee1012 Tue 03-Dec-24 18:27:49

I've also just seen this film and can also highly recommend it.
Ralph is, as always, fantastic however I also think the performance of Stanley Tucci is very, very good.

Deedaa Tue 03-Dec-24 20:44:27

I'm looking forward to seeing the film. I really enjoyed the book. I've never been able to get into Robert Harris's Roman novels, but his modern ones are very good.

Aveline Tue 03-Dec-24 21:28:21

Sounds very intriguing. I'm looking forward to seeing it.

Farmor15 Wed 04-Dec-24 00:10:23

Just saw it - excellent! I'd read the book some years ago, but fortunately not remembered critical bits!
Just ordered the latest Robert Harris book from library - long waiting list!

Sarnia Wed 04-Dec-24 09:04:53

My teenage grandson and I are hoping to find a date to watch Conclave. He is doing his mock GCSE's for the next 2 weeks so revision has to come first but we are both very keen to see it.

foxie48 Thu 05-Dec-24 21:58:52

I'm going to see it tomorrow and really looking forward to it.

foxie48 Fri 06-Dec-24 19:29:22

It was really enjoyable, I was hooked although the ending was a bit unbelievable but it's a "story" so I got over it. Sets are great, having been to Vatican City in September I thought they'd recreated them really well (kept jogging OH's arm saying I've been there!). Well worth seeing and the performances were really good.

Puzzlelove Sat 07-Dec-24 13:01:13

Went to watch it yesterday. Not one I would have chosen to see but husband wanted to see it. Had I watched it on TV I would have probably lost interest 1/4 way through but as I was at the cinema I watched it all and enjoyed it.