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...Catholic Church would not tolerate a destructive cult in its midst. Opus Dei, as an institution, enjoys complete approval of all the relevant Church authorities. The recent canonization of its Founder, attended by hundreds of thousands of people in St. Peter??s Square, is a testament to its standing in the Church...
Last year, another Opus Dei priest was dismissed from St. Peter??s parish near the Quad, where 50 to 100 Harvard students worship every week, according to James Roosevelt ’68, grandson of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Class of 1904 and a resident of Cambridge. Roosevelt says he and a group of parishioners asked their pastor to dismiss the Opus Dei priest. The pastor, he says, consented...
Latifah and Martin are highly talented physical comedians; their facial expressions and perfectly timed actions bring down the house in scene after scene. They have great chemistry, although not the kind Peter??s neighbors suspect. This is Latifah’s first onscreen appearance as a leading lady, and she does not disappoint. She manages to overcome the sappy side of her love-seeking character, making Charlene a perfect but not stereotypical balance between lovable and tough...
...Howie, Peter??s nasal-voiced best friend, Eugene Levy lives up to the high caliber of his past performances in Best in Show and Waiting for Guffman. Although his role is small, it’s crucial to the storyline and general message of the movie. Howie’s not ridiculing black culture with his speech patterns; he’s speaking from the heart, something Charlene eventually recognizes and appreciates...
Other, more realistic situations, however, have a darker source of humor. There’s the neighbor who rushes out in the middle of the night armed with a gardening implement because she thought she heard a “Negro.” Peter??s elderly billionaire client Mrs. Arness (Joan Plowright) fondly reminisces about Ivy, the unpaid black servant her family employed in her youth. These culture clashes, which provide much of the movie’s humor, have the potential to offend, but shouldn’t. Instead, these scenes highlight Peter?...