Megyn Kelly tries her hand at film criticism by sharing her reaction to Edward Berger’s acclaimed new film. conclave.

In the BAFTA-nominated thriller, Ralph Fiennes plays a cardinal who uncovers secrets and scandals in the Vatican while organizing a papal conclave to elect the next pope. The film received critical acclaim when it premiered at the Telluride Film Festival last year. It has continued to garner praise since its theatrical debut in October, making it a likely Oscar contender for this year’s awards season.

But Kelly made it clear Sunday that she doesn’t understand the fervor.

“I just made the big mistake of watching the much-hyped video conclave & it’s the most disgusting anti-Catholic movie I’ve seen in a long time,” the former Fox News host wrote in an X post in which she (be warned) spoofs the film’s ending. “Shame on Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci and John Lithgow for their leading roles and shame on director Edward Berger (among others).”

One of her problems with the film is this Megyn Kelly Show The presenter pointed out the twist ending, which we don’t want to reveal here.

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“There are almost no redeeming characters in the film – every cardinal is morally bankrupt/repulsive,” Kelly wrote. The only exception, she notes, is the losing candidate, whose secret further tests Fiennes’ Cardinal Lawrence – dean of the College of Cardinals – who finds himself in a crisis of faith when he calls the meeting of men from around the world to to select a new candidate to lead the church.

Kelly, who wrote that she was “disgusting,” added, “You would never do something like that to Muslims, but Christians/Catholics are always ready to mock/belittle/denigrate.”

Weekly entertainmentIn his review of the film, the film’s closing statement is praised: “Much of the film questions the gap between the sins of the Catholic Church and the true meaning of the faith – but nothing illustrates this more than this final surprise that tempts us all as the sins of the Catholic Church.” Creatures that God created for us and that exist in the space between the certainties of the world.

For his part, Fiennes previously argued to EW that the film, written by Peter Straughan based on Robert Harris’s book of the same name, was full of morally complex characters. Of his role as Cardinal Lawrence, Fiennes said, “He’s a man of spiritual integrity, and I thought the script portrayed that really well.”

He continued: “It wasn’t sentimental. It showed fallibility; it showed doubt; it showed humanity. It was neither a cynical disparagement or satire of the Vatican, nor was it preachy and overly religious… The big question is: Who is worthy? Who is the right person to be Pope?