AboveDeepBuggy Some things I liked some I did not.

Majorthebys Charming and brutal

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

michelleishappy It's been a long time since I've seen the movie. I saw it twice right after it came out. I am a big (if not the BIGGEST) fan of St. Therese! Her story is a story that NEEDS to be made known to everyone, whether Catholic or non, because her doctrine of the "Little Way" is for everyone, all "little souls" as she referred to us all, including herself. True, as one reviewer put it, she was ordinary and the movie may have seemed ordinary. It's hard for me to review the movie these many years from seeing it. People need to know that she did countless acts of love, charity, and humility, for Our Lord. These things were all hidden from those around her, but were made known after her death in her autobiography, which was written only under obedience, not of her own accord.What is interesting is that I heard that they originally had another actress selected as the lead, someone who looked quite a bit like St. Therese, but they changed their mind and went with Ms. Younce, supposedly because she was more attractive. I have wanted to see what the original actress looked like and wondered how the movie would have been if they'd kept this original actress. Surely this other actress would have had her feelings hurt hearing about all of this. Since we've not heard a word from her, she must be practicing St. Therese's virtue! All things happen for a reason.What must be understood is that it was nothing short of a miracle to get a religious movie such as Therese into mainstream theaters! This movie, this Saint, this Message of Love, managed to slip through the cracks of materialistic, capitalistic violence, to shed a soft, sweet light...the light of God. However 'bad' or 'poor' the plot or cinematography may have been according to some of the reviews here, I believe that God works in spite of all that, just to make his sweet princess of a Saint---Therese---known to a world that desperately needs to hear what she has to say. It's TIMELESS! And the soundtrack is phenomenal too! Those voices in harmony raise my mind and soul to God. Isn't it about time that Our Lord has a place in our theaters, where many hundreds of thousands of us sit on our duffs for two or three hours at a time? If we haven't come to Him in awhile, He finds a way to come to us. Pretty cool!

Bart_OP This is easily one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I was deeply disappointed because I love the Little Flower and feel that her life does have something to teach contemporary society. Everything about this production (acting, direction, editing, sets, script)is amateurish. The costumes are adequate, but also amateurish. Defilippis is a stage actor who tackles religious (Catholic) subjects in one-man shows that he writes and produces. This is his first film and he makes many first film mistakes. The most egregious of these is being married to the screen writer. I'm afraid his critical judgment was clouded. This is her first effort as well and it is simply bad. Even in the 19th Century, people did not talk like this. The 1986 French film 'Therese' is much less hagiographical and pietistic, but still respects the life of this remarkable young woman. If you are a lover of film, don't waste money on this fiasco - go rent the better French film.

Wayne Richards Movies "based" upon real life events are very frequently the most compelling. However, such dramas are not infrequently enhanced by the author to make the characters larger than they could have been in real life. It is seldom that a movie can capture the fullness of a true story without reliance on such dramatizations. This movie is richly and so accurately, the encapsulation of "The Story of A Soul", one of the most published and beloved autobiographies of all time. This story is the true and heart rendering account of a simple young Therese and her sisters, who abandoned incredible and luxurious wealth to live the sacrificial, cloistered—imprisoned—lives of Carmelite nuns in the late 19th Century. Through time, Saint Therese shares directly with her readers, and now with her viewers, the meaning of her incredible "little way", and what it has meant to millions of people for over a century. She is so highly regarded, that only 32 other saints in all of history have been named Doctor of The Church, a title shared by the likes of St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Augustine, St. Francis De Sales, St. Thomas Liguori, St. John of The Cross, St. Catherine of Sienna, and Teresa of Avila, from whom she took her own name. Written under strict obedience of her prioress, and wonderfully captured on film, her story will be treasured until the end of time. This is not simply a Catholic movie written about a Catholic saint. This is a fabulous story about a person who continues to do as she promised, and always will. "I will spend my Heaven doing good upon the earth"

stevenleehoward This movie is one of the worst I've ever seen. The only reason I stayed was to be sure that it wasn't some sort of parody that might reveal itself as such part way through. No such luck.Sadly, this film is all too sincere. I won't reiterate all the previous comments made about the wooden acting, trite script, inept direction and shoddy production values.I simply want to make the point that the theme of this film is dangerous. The model of virtue espoused is ignorance, compliance, simple-mindedness, obedience and passivity. As portrayed in the film the main character, Therese, is pitiful, not noble. It saddens and frightens me that parents who see this film might emulate how Therese was raised. In my opinion she was the victim of abuse - both by her pseudo-pious father and the wicked nun who convinces her to stay in the nunnery even after Therese comes to question her "calling".Excuse my lack of Catholic values, but I do not revere a brainwashed 15-year-old girl simply because she sacrifices any prospect of joy in her life to become a Carmelite nun. Is constant pining and weeping, staring nobly into the horizon, contracting TB and coughing up blood really the hallmark of sainthood?! A truly spiritual film would espouse the pursuit of happiness and fulfillment as a noble pursuit.This film is a dangerous piece of Catholic propaganda - an utterly horrible creation.