‘The Club’ is a flawed film about church sexual abuse

UNITED STATES
New York Post

By Kyle Smith

February 3, 2016

MOVIE REVIEW
THE CLUB
**
In Spanish, with English subtitles. Running time: 97 minutes. Not rated (sex, nudity, profanity, disturbing images)

Picking up where “Spotlight” left off, Chile’s “The Club” wanders through a purgatory where ex-priests reflect upon their many sins.

In a tranquil beach town, four defrocked priests live in the Catholic Church’s version of house arrest, isolated from the community and tended to by an ex-nun (Antonia Zegers). But an act of violence and an investigation by a visiting church official (Marcelo Alonso) shatter their equipoise.

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