ethanroe-50608
This is the true life tragedy about a woman who hated God and fought to hurt America by taking God out of school.She then stole money from millions alongside a corrupt televangelist who was just as bad. Together they hurt millions of people. She died a criminal, betrayed by another criminal.I guess as far as sharing the history it's ok. Infuriating, but ok for telling the history of this American tragedy.
adri
There are several problems with the story line and the film. Check this interview on Stitcher www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-thinking-atheist/e/49877401 with Frank Zindler, former interim president of AA and someone who knew Madalyn Murray O'Hair personally.
steveo122
Melissa Leo is a great actress. Madalyn Murray O'Hair, as presented here, was not a likable person. Coming from the fifties as she did, the ugliness she was subjected to, just as with the civil rights movement, would tend to make anyone re-act like a snarling badger. She was the point of the spear in the fight against the religious tyranny that is, and has always been, right around the corner. The right to say: "I don't believe it and you can't make me." was fought for and should not be taken for granted. A very American story in every detail. In the beginning, I got the feeling it was going to have a 'Coenesque' flavor to it. If the same thought occurs to you, dismiss it. It's a dramatized bio rearranged to feel like a thriller.
Derek Pauly (volsfan2001)
After reading on Wikipedia about Madalyn Murray O'Hair, I was fairly excited to see what this movie was going to be about. Sadly, it does not go into her early life, it introduces her after she already had her first son, William. My impression is that the directors and producers didn't want to take the time to tell her story very thorough, probably because it would have been longer than what it already is. I suspect that to move the plot along, a lot of details were left out such as the other court cases, which I have no problem with. I think if we could have seen the men betraying her earlier in life after she became pregnant, and her failed attempt to enter the USSR, it would have built Melissa Leo's character up more.
