Even for someone interested in the subject, this is overdone. My least favorite Buñuel.

If you have the slightest knowledge of the history of Christianism, you're going to love this.

A picaresque examination of Catholic doctrine, full of surface interest but requiring special knowledge for full appreciation.

Who but Bunuel could make a great film of the heresies of the catholic church.

"The whole movie is an iconoclastic joke that makes fun of all the bickerings even within Christianity and how people kill each other over their personal truths. The last scene is a kick in the butt on Jesus himself."

Stellar opening, lots of interesting pieces are here... as a film it's a bit more on the loose side than you would like. Least favorite Buñuel.

"Though highly regarded in some circles, The Milky Way may be the worst film Buñuel ever made; at the very least, it may be his most jaded and inhuman." - Ed Gonzalez

Half mockery, half indictment of the Catholic Church's appetite for social division and dictatorial stances, Bunuel's Milky Way may have peaked by the seven minute mark, but that isn't to say the film - though lesser than Viridiana - fails to subsequently reward. Its blasphemous streak informed by an intellectual awareness itself enhanced by a dark, winking wit, the film succeeds in spite of occasional repetition through the filmmakerly craft Bunuel brings to the table. He's a master, you see.

This is one of the best movies I've ever seen. Best if you understand all the references.

Pain, folks. Great pain. I was never a Bunuel fan anyway, but this is packed with religious humor/satire that was done eight times better many times on "Dave Allen At Large"

I thought it got pretty boring at times, but for the most part, I was engaged and genuinely entertained. I do find religion and people's motivations for following it to be somewhat fascinating though.

A road trip movie, Buñuel style.

Bunuelian absurdity at its best. One of his more entertaining and most hilarious works.

Heresies, by the master of heresy. This film has my favorite Bunuel gags (the Pope dream sequence "overheard" by a passerby, the insane priest), and a more linear narrative (for Bunuel), connected through the Quixotic modern-day pilgrimage of the bums. A personal favorite.

I thought the thrust behind the film in general and the scenes specifically was much more interesting than the actual execution. A meditation on religion, it's history and people's motivations, it's reasonably engaging and features some funny moments throughout, but there were many times when the speeches seemed to go on and on and there were a whole lot of references that went over my head. While a foundation in Catholicism isn't necessary to get the film, it would probably increase enjoyment.

You've got to be really into religion to enjoy this. They talk about it endlessly, and bicker over it, and fight over it. I am not into religion, so it was a real struggle to get through it. On a technical level, it was purely mediocre. There are moments of humor, but not many, and they're not all that amusing. The structure is much like Phantom of Liberty, a series of loosely interconnected stories. But it was tedious and plodding. The Bunuel surrealism that I like so much was barely t