At a Catholic boys' school, domineering disciplinarian Father Goddard rules over his pupils with an iron hand. When one of his teenage charges confesses to murder, the dogmatic but deeply repressed Goddard finds his faith challenged and his life spiralling dangerously out of control.
Not for warmth, laughs or comfort.
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Richard BurtonFather Goddard
Dominic GuardBenjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield
David BradleyArthur Dyson
Billy ConnollyBlakey
Andrew KeirHeadmaster
Willoughby GrayBrigadier Walsh
Preston LockwoodFather Hibbert
Brook WilliamsFather Clarence
Robin SoansFather Henryson
Sharon DuceLouella
Brian Gloverthe first policeman
Hilary MasonMiss Froggatt
Robert AddieCawley
Richard Willisa boy
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GoodWatch score 87
GoodWatch score 80
GoodWatch score 86
GoodWatch score 86
GoodWatch score 77
GoodWatch score 88
GoodWatch score 87
GoodWatch score 64June 5, 1978 · 1 h 35 min · R
The Bad Guy Wins, Evil Cripple, Abhorrent Admirer +9
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In the United States, Absolution streams on Prime, fuboTV, MGM+, Philo, and IndieFlix Shorts, and it is free with ads on Plex, Hoopla, FlixHouse, Darkroom, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Fawesome, Xumo Play, Tubi TV, and Amazon MX Player. It also streams in 136 other countries.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 59 (IMDb 6.5).
Probably not: the title analysis rates it 8 of 10 for bleakness and 7 for melancholy, against 3 for hopefulness.
At times: scares are rated 6 of 10.
TV Tropes lists 29 tropes for it, including The Bad Guy Wins, Evil Cripple, and Abhorrent Admirer.
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