IMMACULATE

Sister Cecelia (Sydney Sweeney) an American nun who is assigned to a convent in Italy when we first meet her. Upon after her arrival, she takes her vows but during the after party, blacks out. Shortly thereafter she discovers that she is pregnant. The convent authorities, believing the young nun must have broken her newly made vows (more preciously, the vow of chastity) grill Sister Cecelia and have her examined by a doctor; but the nun pleads her innocence and the doctor confirms her hymen is still intact and she is still a virgin, meaning the child inside of her is a miracle. From then on, Sister Cecelia is held in high regard by the convent, believing God chose her to deliver this miracle baby; although, she soon grows to suspect the convent of ulterior motives for the child. The film plays a lot like ROSEMARY'S BABY except not for the way in which you may be thinking. Sweeney gives a very strong performance as the young, piety nun in a foreign land who doesn't always know what's going on around her due to the language barrier. And although I vehemently and fundamentally disagree with the underlying political theme of the film, judging it solely as a film, it's solid. Word around the campfire is Sweeney had to do MADAME WEB in order to get this film made and my two cents is it was worth it. While MADAME WEB wasn't a great film (were you honestly expecting anything better from Sony's Spider-Man universe?), this makes up for it. 7/10