Conclave is slick, unserious — and verging on great

Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in director Edward Berger's CONCLAVE, a Focus Features release.

Conclave is a silly film masquerading as serious social commentary — a sort of Mean Girls in robes, juggling a seemingly impactful message that instantly shatters into a thousand little pieces the moment you actually start to examine it. It's also quite good.Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in director Edward Berger's Conclave. The pulpy thriller is seriously entertaining, if slightly silly.

In this case, that's easier said than done.

Fiennes, left, and Stanley Tucci as Cardinal Bellini are among the cast of clergymen tasked with electing a new pope in Conclave.

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