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Cabrini Movie: I have thoughts

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     So, I finally went to the movie theater and watched the Cabrini movie. I was a little disappointed. It's well filmed and the cinematography is good. It's worth seeing if you like period dramas. I do not see a reason you have to catch it in the theater. In fact, I think it would be better to wait until it comes out on streaming or DVD (Do they still make DVDs? asking for a friend...) I say that because it's like 10 minutes longer than Dune 2, which I am not sure how or why that is even possible. I dislike films that go over 2 hours. I very seldomly encounter a film that needs that sort of length, and this film did not. So, unnecessarily length is my first gripe.     My other gripe is the lack of theological substance. Now, I was not expecting it to be overly preachy. This was a general audience movie theater film and not a documentary from EWTN. So, I get that. They were trying to make Cabrini's story accessible to all crowds, not just the religious Ca...