Product Details

• Actors: Dominic Guard Richard Burton
• Directors: Anthony Page
• Format: Color, Digital Sound, Dolby, NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 2
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Miracle Pictures/AFA Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: May 15, 2002
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000DG990
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #82,796 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Last Rites..., April 29, 2006

By	Bindy Sue Frønkünschtein "bigfootsalienbaby" (under the rubble) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Richard Burton is a priest at a catholic school for boys. One day during latin class he tells the boys about the sanctity of confession, and that the priest who hears it is bound to not reveal the confession to anyone. This is true even if the confessor has committed murder. Well, this puts ideas into the heads of some of the lads, who set out to use this information against the priest himself. False confessions are made, as well as a confession of murder! Burton's character is sent into turmoil trying to get to the bottom of things. He's made a fool of and also gets drawn into a dark plot to destroy him. ABSOLUTION has many twists and creepy moments. I was surprised at how good it turned out to be. I was expecting some dumb religious movie! Track this one down...

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wow! Intriguing...., May 4, 2006

By	Jonathan M. Norberg (Grand Forks, ND) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Burton does a great job in this movie, and the film really keeps you on the edge of your seat the whole time. It is very intense, and there are a lot of surprises. This is categorized as a psychological thriller--in reality it is perhaps a "psychotic" thriller!

There is a slight lack of credibility at the end, but this is definitely worth the watch!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "Why Should I Give You The Comfort Of Martyrdom?", February 28, 2008

By	Robert I. Hedges - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

"Absolution" surprised me. I expected a boring melodrama with Richard Burton as a priest in a Catholic boy's school, but was pleasantly surprised with genuine creepiness and interesting plot developments.

Despite numerous scenes of Latin class and related academic pursuits, the film has an interesting storyline and some surprising developments. Burton makes the error of telling his students that anything said in confession can never be revealed, even to the police. This gives the boys an idea for a great practical joke at Burton's expense, but things turn ugly fast, first for a banjo-toting hippie, and later for others. The student under suspicion is cunning, perhaps even more cunning than Burton, and things rapidly spin out of control as Burton reaps an unexpected whirlwind.

Not all is as it seems, however. Part of the final plot point requires a suspension of disbelief, but overall the film has a haunted, harrowing feel that is rarely matched in psychological thrillers. Burton does occasionally give in to the temptation to overact, and the scenery chewing is contagious in the cast, particularly in the closing moments. Despite those drawbacks (and a dreadful bit of comic opera performed by the boys), I liked the film, and found it absorbing.