Review of Father Rupert Mayer

You can tell that the actors and individuals involved with this movie meant well. It appears to me to be largely accurate. It is of course not a biopic but is instead a fictionalization. Some of the locations no longer exist so they did the best they can. I assume they probably filmed in the Czech Republic because in some cases those places have similar architecture from the time.

Some of it was filmed in Munich. I lived in Munich. I saw these places. They would be very difficult to film in because they're very close together - especially in Munich. But the dialog was bit forced in English. The choice was made to have the actors (some of whom were US American) speak in English with German accents and using German phrasing. This is a common tactic. Unfortunately I think Darryl Hannah in particular it didn't work well. I felt sorry for Stacy Keach. He did his best. He doesn't speak German so he didn't try. The Germans mostly didn't make the effort to affect an accent.

The facts were a bit muddled but they did their best. It was a tiny bit slow. The production was not the best quality.

But the effort was there. The people meant well and I enjoyed learning more about father Mayer. It's sad but worth seeing.